Faculty & Research
Academia’s Absence from Homelessness
“The lack of dedicated research funding in this area is a major, major problem.”
by Lydialyle Gibson
Picking Team Players
A test can identify these productivity-boosting personnel.
by Max J. Krupnick
Irene Soto Marín
Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.
by Max J. Krupnick
The Return of History
Ukrainian scholar Serhii Plokhy on the war in his home country
by Lydialyle Gibson
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
by Jonathan Shaw
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
by Max J. Krupnick
Post-COVID Learning Losses
Children face potentially permanent setbacks
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
When Wildfires Make Your Air Unhealthy
Joseph Allen emphasizes that retreating indoors is an incomplete solution.
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Spotting Pollutants from Space
A satellite-mounted instrument developed at the Center for Astrophysics will track air pollution hourly across North America.
by Jonathan Shaw
Kari Nadeau
Multi-allergy immunotherapy pioneer Kari Nadeau returns to Harvard
by Max J. Krupnick
“This Beautiful Machine”
Paola Arlotta’s organoids provide a window into the human brain.
by Lydialyle Gibson