Faculty & Research
Plans for a Faculty Senate Move Forward
And annual awards for excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, and scholarship
by Jonathan Shaw
Personal, Political, Physiological
A Radcliffe conference examines the role of gender in medicine and public health.
Harvard Human-Behavior Initiative Funded
Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman and Karen Ackman donate $26 million.
Harvard Portrait: Rohini Pande
Economist Rohini Pande assesses the impact of public policies.
Joseph Conrad’s Crystal Ball
Historian Maya Jasanoff says fiction can capture the subjective experience of the past.
by Craig Lambert
Climate Change’s Economic Heat
Climate change has diverse and far-reaching economic effects.
by Katherine Xue
A Better Path to High Performance
Under pressure, getting excited yields better results than remaining calm.
by Erin O'Donnell
A Nation, Building
During a quarter-century of engagement in Vietnam's economic development, Harvard scholars create a unique educational institution.
by John S. Rosenberg
![The inscription below this bust of Vidyasagar quotes Rabindranath Tagore: “The chief glories of [his] character were neither his compassion nor his learning, but his invincible manliness and imperishable humanity.” The presence of a garland speaks to the reverence many still feel for the man.](/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_teaser_wide/public/img/article/0414/mj14_page_051_01.jpg.webp?itok=ae8igflK "Photograph by Brian A. Hatcher")
Vita: Ishvarchandra Vidyasagar
Brief life of an Indian reformer: 1820-1891
by Brian A. Hatcher
Superbug: An Epidemic Begins
As antibiotic resistance spreads, scientists and doctors race time.
by Katherine Xue
Toward Cultural Citizenship
New gateways into the humanities for students “still fully molten as human beings”
by Jonathan Shaw