Faculty & Research


Harvard Ramps Up Fundraising as Research Cuts Deepen

This week in the battle between Harvard and the Trump administration 

by Nina Pasquini

America the Politically Unequal

Andrea Louise Campbell reviews The Unheavenly Chorus, by Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry E. Brady.

by Andrea Louise C...

Cancer-fighting Robots

Shawn Douglas of the Wyss Institute is developing drug-delivering machines that target designated cells.

Curbing Clots

Rutin, a substance found in apples, could help prevent heart attacks and stroke.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Two Steps to Free Will

Robert O. Doyle proposes a two-stage, “Jamesian,” model of free will.

by Craig Lambert

Xiao-Li Meng Appointed Dean of Harvard’s Graduate School

The statistics professor succeeds Allan Brandt.

Sharkskin Swimsuits’ Surface Swifter?

Research by Harvard ichthyologist George Lauder suggests otherwise.

Playing Nice in the Sandbox

RockSalt software improves app security.

Calorie-burning “Beige Fat” Identified

Cells isolated at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute may aid anti-obesity efforts.

Reinhart Named Professor at Kennedy School

The coauthor of the bestseller This Time is Different arrived July 1.