Faculty & Research
"Smarter, Stronger, Kinder"
Sesame Street celebrates a 50-year collaboration with Harvard.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Learning, and Teaching, As Peers
The eighth annual conference of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching
by Jonathan Shaw
Mitrovica Named a MacArthur Fellow
The geophysicist has pioneered the understanding that sea-level rise around the globe will vary significantly depending on crustal dynamics and gravitational forces.
by Jonathan Shaw
Scholars Advocate “Managed Retreat”—Before Climate Change Sinks Coastlines
The question is no longer if, but when and how.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Crows Know How to Have Fun
Surprising research about highly adept birds making and using tools
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Debt Reliever
Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.
by Nina Pasquini
From the Archives: The Talent for Aging Well
George E. Vaillant's generational research on Harvard men unveils the differences that distinguish the "happy-well" from the "sad-sick" in later life.
by Craig Lambert
The Resurrection of the Marlboro Man
Two public-health veterans warn of new smoking risks, especially for the young.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Rawlsian Revolution
The lasting influence and limitations of John Rawls’s political philosophy
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Are Super Responders Special?
Do patients who defeat cancer hold biological secrets?
by Bennett McIntosh