Faculty & Research
Plans for a Faculty Senate Move Forward
And annual awards for excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, and scholarship
by Jonathan Shaw
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
Intergenerational Social Mobility Varies by Region
Economists ask what factors help children rise out of poverty.
Systematic Drug Discovery
The new Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science seeks a better basis for drug development.
by Katherine Xue