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

Prodigies’ Progress

Parents and superkids, then and now  

by Ann Hulbert

A Geopolitical Windfall?

The United States is finally in a position of energy dominance, but its ability to harness this boom is fraught with challenges.  

by Oset Babür

The New Rub on Knee Pain

Neither increased obesity nor longevity explains the doubling of knee osteoarthritis since World War II.   

by Jonathan Shaw

A New Challenge for Antitrust

An increasing consolidation of ownership in health care  

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Samuel Huntington, Prophet

A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist

by John S. Rosenberg

A New Cast for the Semitic Museum

A replica of the Dream Stele, part of Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian’s efforts to revitalize the museum

by Sophia Nguyen

From the Archives: The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead

 A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.

by Gino Del Guercio

Gut Health May Begin in the Mouth

Oral bacteria can lodge in the gut and trigger inflammatory bowel conditions. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Rosetta Stone for Earthquakes

Machine learning may raise the potential for predicting where—and when—an earthquake might strike.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Climate Change and Crops

How global warming can change crop nutrition

by Marina N. Bolotnikova