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
Why Sex Succeeds
Sex preserves beneficial mutations, and allows harmful ones to be purged.
by Erin O'Donnell
The Plant Prospectors
Collecting expeditions race the anthropocene extinction to sample wild botanical diversity.
by Jonathan Shaw
Does Money Matter?
How super PACs actually shape U.S. presidential politics
by Idrees Kahloon
Broad Institute Researchers Find New Method to Edit RNA
Feng Zhang ’04 and his team build on previous discoveries in editing DNA.
by Aidan Langston
Centennial Medalists 2016
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honors four distinguished alumni.
Narrowing School Achievement Gaps
The Harvard Graduate School of Education launches “By All Means” initiative.
by Aidan Langston
The Changing Consensus on Healthcare Cost-Sharing
Economists question whether price transparency can reduce healthcare spending.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
How America Grew
Definitive economic history—and a debatable, despairing forecast
by Shane Greenstein
Presidents, Congress, and Foreign Policy
Political scientists demystify unseen institutional tensions.
News Briefs
Action against sexual assault, the Law School drops its shield, “Faculty Deans” now lead the Houses, and more
by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw , Marina N. Bolotnikova , Laura Levis