Faculty & Research
Harvard Ramps Up Fundraising as Research Cuts Deepen
This week in the battle between Harvard and the Trump administration
by Nina Pasquini
Can Happiness Make You Healthier?
Research aims to discover whether happiness improves physical health.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
Super Drugs for Super Bugs
New methods for manufacturing antibiotics aim to replenish a dwindling drug pipeline.
by Erin O'Donnell
Global Health at Home
Harvesting innovations from around the world to improve American medical care
by Howard Hiatt , Charles Kenney , Mark Rosenberg
Death Throes
Sibling scholars Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker seek to change how America thinks about capital punishment.
by Lincoln Caplan
Toward Democracy in America
Reviewing a masterwork on the past, and future, of democracy
Good Fat in a White Hat
A beneficial fat rare in Western diets appears to fight cardiovascular disease.
by Jonathan Shaw
Letters from Prison
Business leaders explain how they went astray.
by Jonathan Shaw
Post-Regulatory School Reform
Making the case for charter schools and other choice options to boost educational performance
by Paul E. Peterson
The Plastic Earth
Connecting climate change to the planet’s shifting crust
by Jonathan Shaw
The Democracy of Everyday Life
Nancy Rosenblum studies neighbors and the power of proximity.
by Lydialyle Gibson