Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
Na Li
For a star electrical engineering professor, it's all about systems.
by Jacob Sweet
Catalyzing Bioengineering
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.
by Jonathan Shaw
Color and Incarceration
Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.
by Lydialyle Gibson
A World of Literature
David Damrosch’s literary global reach
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Toward the Negotiated City
In the history of urban renewal, a glimmer of the possibilities of social policy today
by Ann Forsyth
From the Archives: Animal Research
Every year, scientists use millions of animals—mostly mice and rats—in experiments. The practice provokes passionate debates over the morality and efficacy of such research—and how to make it more humane.
A Dressing That Pulls Wounds Shut
Researchers in the lab of Professor David Mooney have developed a wound-dressing design that works like embryonic skin to heal injuries rapidly.
by Nina Pasquini
The Movement to Open Up Syllabi
“It’s kind of like when you go to the library to check out one book, but it’s actually the book next to the book you were looking for that was the important one. A syllabus sets up that opportunity.”
by Nina Pasquini
Curricle, the Course Catalog Matrix
Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.
by Nina Pasquini
As Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Rises, Nutrient Content of Rice Falls
A new study quantifies the global impact of declines in a single nutrient in a single crop, and hints at wider impacts.
by Jonathan Shaw