Faculty & Research


Research on Hold

Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.

by Nina Pasquini

The Fix in Fossil Fuels

Joseph Aldy examines the true costs of fossil fuel subsidies.

by Laura Levis

A Poet’s March of Ages

Two Harvard classics professors create the first Virgil Encyclopedia in English.

by Erin O'Donnell

Made in the U.S.A.

A literary critic on the Great American Novel

by Adam Kirsch

Popular Science

In the Internet era, research moves from professionals’ labs to amateurs’ homes.

by Katherine Xue

Disrupted Lives

Sociologist Matthew Desmond studies eviction and the lives of America’s poor.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Wearable Robots

Harvard engineers build soft exosuits to aid human movement.

by Katherine Xue

NSA Surveillance, Snowden, and Freedom

Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler says acts of conscience are integral to balancing security and freedom.

Shaping the Cancer Genome

A new study suggests that genetic rearrangements promote cancer development.

Harvard Portrait: Jennifer Lewis

The bioengineering professor does 3-D printing on a micron scale.