Social Sciences
Explore faculty and student work in economics, sociology, political science, anthropology, and other disciplines shaping our understanding of society.
Robert Coles Was Most at Home on the Playground
A colleague remembers the late Harvard professor and child psychiatrist, who died this month.
by Alex Harris
Using puzzles to teach physics
In his freshman seminar, Cumrun Vafa uses puzzles to help students understand complex physics.
by Steve Nadis
Dairy culture on the Eurasian Steppe
Ancient dental plaque points to the historical significance of dairy culture on the Eurasian Steppe.
Excerpt from “Exercised,” by Daniel E. Lieberman
A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.
Constitutional scholar Noah Feldman profiled by Lincoln Caplan
Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.
New Test Paradigm Needed for SARS-CoV-2
Michael Mina maintains a new testing regimen could end the COVID-19 pandemic—in three weeks.
Could COVID-19 Transform U.S. Education?
A conversation on the crisis and its outcomes with the Graduate School of Education’s Paul Reville
At Home with Harvard: American Democracy
Our coverage of the nation's ailing democracy
Bringing Black History to Light
A Houghton Library project to digitize thousands of African-American records and artifacts
At Home with Harvard: Harvard in the World
Harvard Magazine’s coverage of the University’s expanding global reach
Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?
Historian Alexander Keyssar on why the unpopular institution has prevailed