Faculty & Research


Research on Hold

Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.

by Nina Pasquini

Leila Ahmed Wins Grawemeyer Award in Religion

Harvard Divinity School scholar recognized for book on Muslim women and the veil

Harvard Weighs In on the Fiscal Cliff

Joins 15 other leading Massachusetts universities and hospitals in urging Congress to reach a resolution.

Election 2012: Google’s Insight

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz uses Google Insights for Search to analyze voting patterns and turnout, and to predict the winner.

Atul Gawande: Excellence Is Recognizing Details, Failures

The HMS professor speaks on the difference between being competent and great.

Making Harvard Green

The first University-wide Sustainability Impact Report highlights campus-wide environmental data.

Soda and Violence

A Harvard School of Public Health study links soda to teen violence.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Revitalizing Tozzer

Consolidating the anthropology department by raising the roof and renovating the library

Reclaiming Childhood

Theresa Betancourt studies the world’s most neglected and traumatized youths.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Q&A with Theresa Betancourt

The director of Harvard’s Research Program on Children and Global Adversity discusses her research, background, and family life.

Labor, Interrupted

The rise in the use of C-sections