Faculty & Research


FAS Dean Outlines Preparations for Loss of Federal Funding

“To preserve our mission, we must act now,” Hoekstra says at faculty meeting

by Jonathan Shaw

A Fragile Relationship

The parallel, perilous, histories of China and Japan

Hansjörg Wyss Boosts Bioengineering Innovation

A third round of funding by one of Harvard's leading donors

by Jonathan Shaw

"Effective Treatment Everywhere"

A joint Harvard-University of Michigan summit addresses opioids stigma, drug marketing, and race. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Radcliffe Institute Announces 2019-2020 Fellows

Scholars from diverse disciplines will spend a year devoted to research.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Rethinking the American High School

What the rare bright spots in American high-school education teach

by Jonathan Shaw

Reading the Market

Corporate reports contain clues to predicting a firm’s future performance.

by John A. Griffin

Cities Too Smart for Their Own Good?

Ben Green warns against simple technological solutions for complex problems.

by Bennett McIntosh

Campuses’ Cultures

Howard Gardner and colleagues release a seven-year study of higher education in the twenty-first century.

by John S. Rosenberg

Raw and Red-Hot

Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?

by Jonathan Shaw

Misguided Mind Fixers

A history of psychiatry’s troubled search for the biology of mental illness