Faculty & Research
Plans for a Faculty Senate Move Forward
And annual awards for excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, and scholarship
by Jonathan Shaw
Fusing Faculties of Mind
Brain-to-brain interface lets a human control a rat's tail.
by Peter Saalfield
Sex Science and Gender Culture
Sarah Richardson presents a history of the sex chromosomes in science and culture.
by Katherine Xue
Vita: Henry A. Murray
Brief life of a personality psychologist: 1893-1988
by Marshall J. Getz
Why “Big Data” Is a Big Deal
Information science promises to change the world.
by Jonathan Shaw
Nuclear Weapons or Democracy
“Out of ratio” weapons are essentially ungovernable.
by Craig Lambert
Cancer’s Global Toll
A symposium focuses on cancer treatment in the developing world.
Rediscovering the Unconscious
At Harvard, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman discusses decisionmaking with Walmsley University professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard Law School.
From Egypt to the Ether Dome
MGH's resident mummy undergoes restoration and a medical exam.
$90 Million for HMS Cancer Research
The Ludwig Cancer Research gift endows the study of resistance to therapy.
Genomic Engineering Hits Its Mark
Harvard researchers develop new, precise ways to alter organisms' DNA.