Faculty & Research
Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
by Nina Pasquini
How Physics Can Be Used to Manipulate a Coin Toss
How a coin toss can be uniquely rigged – and can demonstrate probability’s role in reducing uncertainty.
by Olivia Farrar
Home Unaffordable Home
America’s housing problem—and what to do about it
by Jonathan Shaw
When Technology and Society Clash
Latanya Sweeney confronts our all-consuming “technocracy.”
by Lydialyle Gibson
How the Mind Assigns Meaning to Words
New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.
by Jonathan Shaw
Why Ivy Athletes Score in Careers
How does undergraduate participation in varsity sports enhance career success?
by Jonathan Shaw
Predicting Viral Variants and Vaccine Cures
Biomedical researchers are using AI to survey the viral landscape.
by Nina Pasquini
American Jewish Life After October 7
Professors Derek Penslar and Noah Feldman reflect on a difficult year
by Max J. Krupnick
Gary Ruvkun Shares Nobel Prize in Medicine
Harvard Medical School genetics professor honored
by John S. Rosenberg
How to Reform Healthcare
104 Harvard thought leaders outline medicine’s unmet needs.
by Olivia Farrar
Can New Drugs Help Millions of Americans with Obesity?
How GLP-1s like Ozempic will impact the future of healthcare
by Olivia Farrar