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Martin Nowak in a suit attentively listens during a conference, seated among an audience.

Martin Nowak Placed on Leave a Second Time

Further links to Jeffrey Epstein surface in newly released files

by Jonathan Shaw

Sustainability strategies explored by faculty experts in "Harvard Thinks Green"

Six Harvard faculty experts on taking action against global warming

The Healthy Eating Plate: Harvard's answer to USDA dietary recommendations

Harvard's healthy eating plate challenges the USDA’s recommendations.

The soft robot can wiggle its way underneath a pane of glass just three-quarters of an inch above the surface.

Whitesides lab models "soft" robots after squid and starfish

By squeezing under obstacles, new robots can navigate tricky terrain.

Pioneering burns surgeon John Burke, a creator of synthetic skin, has died

The artificial skin he helped develop has helped save many lives.

Paul Lawrence, Harvard Business School professor, dies at 89

The pioneering professor at Harvard Business School died November 1 at age 89.

Ginkgo expert Peter Del Tredici in action at the Arnold Arboretum | Video

Ginkgo expert Peter Del Tredici shares tidbits about his favorite "living fossil."

In Michael Norton's survey of wealth inequality perceptions and preferences, Harvard alumni—like other groups—estimated that wealth was more equally distributed in the United States than it actually is, and said they would prefer for it to be even more equally distributed than they estimated it to be. (Click on the thumbnails below to see charts for specific segments of the data.)

Harvard alumni share their wealth distribution preferences in an HBS survey

Michael Norton surveys Harvard alumni perceptions and preferences about wealth distribution.

The author with some of her grade eight math students

An undergraduate travels to Namibia to participate in WorldTeach

An undergraduate travels to Namibia in the hope that, by flinging herself to a faraway place, she will figure things out.

by Katherine Xue

Daniel Wegner finds that access to information online changes memory function

Psychology professor Daniel Wegner has found that access to information online changes what people remember.

by Alexander Bloom

Skewed Preferences: From left to right: the wealth distribution Norton’s respondents said would be ideal; how they estimated wealth was currently distributed; and the actual distribution of wealth in the United States.

Michael Norton of HBS studies wealth inequality perceptions and preferences

Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton finds Americans prefer a more equal distribution of wealth.

by Elizabeth Gudrais