Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2012-2013 Fellows
Harvard’s advanced-study center plans 51 resident academics, artists
On the Origins of the Arts
Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson on the evolution of culture
A (Protein) Social Network
A map of protein interactions in fruit flies provides new ways to study disease.
by Courtney Humphries
An Ancient Herbal Remedy
Malcolm Whitman reveals how the blue evergreen hydrangea stops autoimmune disease.
Mysteries of Mate Choice
How personal preferences drive our choice of mates—as understood through an online dating site.
by Erin O'Donnell
Animal Research Reforms
Harvard Medical School's primate research center encounters repeated, serious lapses of proper procedure and safe animal care
by Carolyn Y. Johnson
Harvard Portrait: Amanda Claybaugh
Meet the expert on nineteenth-century novels and reformist writings.
Engineering New Engineering Degrees
Harvard develops two new courses of study.
The Art of the Possible
On the evolving system of international criminal justice
by Jacqueline Bhabha
The Oz of Health Insurance Reform
Jonathan Gruber crunches the numbers on healthcare reform