Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
edX: The Second Season
New Harvard online courses go beyond quantitative subjects to include "Justice," ancient Greece
A Community Innovation Lab
I-Lab students work in interdisciplinary teams to address urban and civic challenges in the Dudley and Upham’s Corner neighborhoods.
Making Harvard Green
The first University-wide Sustainability Impact Report reveals challenging goals.
Brutish Beginnings
The “mixed multitudes” of early Colonial America—and the Native Americans
by Daniel K. Richter
A Dazzling Flat Lens
Harvard scientists have developed a tiny, lightweight, distortion-free lens that focuses light without glass.
by Jonathan Shaw
Survival of the Cooperative
The breeding behavior of tropical cuckoos, in which unrelated adults share a communal nest, proves an exception to the theory of kin selection.
by W. Barksdale Maynard
Immobile Labor
Land-use restrictions lead to growing income disparities between states, Kennedy School researchers find.
The Placebo Phenomenon
An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine.
by Cara Feinberg
Fracking’s Future
Natural gas, the economy, and America’s energy prospects
by Xi Lu
Harvard Museums’ Public Face
Jane Pickering appointed executive director of science, culture museums