Faculty & Research
Harvard Ramps Up Fundraising as Research Cuts Deepen
This week in the battle between Harvard and the Trump administration
by Nina Pasquini
New Study Predicts Wildfires Will Worsen with Climate Change
By 2050 wildfires will last longer, generate more smoke, and burn a wider area in the western states.
Giant Magellan Milestone
Harvard's partners cast third mirror for world's largest telescope
Invigorating the Humanities
Facing declining enrollments, the humanities seek to reinvent themselves.
Education and Opportunity
Lawyer James Ryan, new dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education, is a scholar and champion of equal educational opportunity.
by Lincoln Caplan
Coping with Alzheimer’s
Families must weigh housing options, costs—and therapies.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Geology Intersects Biology
A poster by Harvard scientists shows 4.6 billion years of evolutionary history.
by Laura Levis
Rise of the Little Guy
The Internet has led to cultural and economic changes that tilt power away from large organizations, argues Nicco Mele in a new book.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
By the Books
A letter from the editor on the humanities at Harvard
A Nearly Perfect Book
The poetry critic, the publisher, and the art of bookmaking in a digital era
by Nathan Heller
Life’s Beginnings
Studying how life bloomed on Earth—and might emerge elsewhere
by Courtney Humphries