Faculty & Research
An Original Magna Carta, Hidden in Plain Sight
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
by Nina Pasquini
Ulysses S. Grant
Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
by Elizabeth D. Samet
Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines
by Jonathan Shaw
Native Modern
Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Uses—and Abuses—of Austerity
Economists revisit an unsettled economic policy.
by Idrees Kahloon
Remembering: Information as Art
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA
by Nell Porter-Brown
The Innovation Engine
Economist William Kerr argues for streamlining immigration to attract high-skilled talent from abroad.
by John A. Griffin
India's Dropping Wind-Power Potential
Diminishing winds may be a harbinger of further climate-change damage to come.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Quantum Science Initiative
Harvard thinks bigger about the odd realm of matter at the very smallest scale.
by Jonathan Shaw
Harvard Medical School Advances Research with $200-Million Gift
Foundation of Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, makes record pledge for basic and applied science.
Genetics and the Human Revolution
Can advances in DNA sequencing help explain what makes us human?
by Bennett McIntosh