Science & Technology
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025-2026 Fellows
Scholars pursue projects ranging from reducing ethnic violence to searching for an undiscovered super-Earth.
by Olivia Farrar
A Hemlock Farewell
A tiny insect, the woolly adelgid, is killing off these giant evergreens.
by Laura Levis
Human-Family Reunions
Genetics sheds light on early human history.
by Katherine Xue
Vita: Felipe Poey
Brief life of Cuba’s greatest naturalist: 1799-1891
by Lindsay Brownell
Radcliffe Asks, “What Is Life?”
A Radcliffe Institute panel discusses the science and ethics of engineering life.
Expert Opinion: Avian Flu Experiments Pose Public Health Risk
Marc Lipsitch questions the ethics of creating new transmissible strains.
Rarely Seen Rothkos Highlight Harvard Art Museums’ Reopening
“Restored” by technology, Harvard Murals anchor inaugural exhibition.
by Francesca Annic...
Mazur Wins Minerva Prize
Award recognizes extraordinary innovation in higher education
Greener Buildings and Cities
An ambitious Harvard research center's quiet debut
National Academy of Sciences Elects Harvard Members
Eleven faculty members and 11 alumni are honored.
Personal, Political, Physiological
A Radcliffe conference examines the role of gender in medicine and public health.