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

Trump to Research: Drop Dead

The administration’s potentially costly misunderstanding about science

by John S. Rosenberg

The Rise of Vegan Culture

Studying how a movement went from activist activity to aspirational lifestyle

by Sophia Nguyen

How U.S. Companies Stole American Jobs

Domestic outsourcing, not globalization, has redefined employer-employee ties.

by Oset Babür

Star Power in Politics

Why people vote for celebrities—even when they say they don’t want to.

by Jonathan Shaw

Sarah Lewis

An art historian on race and photography

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Probing Psychoses

Harvard geneticists seek the biological basis for schizophrenia.

by Courtney Humphries

Studying Zika

Harvard researchers race to stem the disease’s deadly spread. 

by Matthew Disler

The Lost Museum

Recreating the Philosophy Chamber

by Jonathan Shaw , Jennifer Carling

A Language Out of Nothing

How linguists use sign languages to understand universal grammar

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Humanizing Finance

A Business School professor ties finance and humanities together.