Science
Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.
U.S. Appeals Court Preserves NIH Research Funding
The court made permanent an injunction preventing caps on reimbursement for overhead costs.
Harvard Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
A Harvard Love Story in Poetry
Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer
by Primus VI
Alice Hamilton at Harvard—Pioneer for Women in Medicine
Brief life of a public-health pioneer and reformer: 1869-1970
by Daniel Stone
The Franklin Stove—A Historical Climate Change Adaptation
Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge
Brief Harvard News Spring 2025
Physician-authors address Commencement and Alumni Day, new School of Education Dean, and more
The Trump Administration's Impact on Higher Education
Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more
Biology's "Mirror Organisms"—And Their Dangers
Life forms built from left-handed DNA and RNA could threaten Earth’s plants, animals, and insects.
by Ann Thomas
Housing in the Climate Crosshairs
A Harvard briefing on climate change and the U.S. housing crisis
Understanding AI Vulnerabilities
As artificial intelligence capabilities evolve, so too will the tactics used to exploit them.
How Measles Causes Immune Amnesia
Michael Mina explains “immune amnesia” and the lasting impact of infection.