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Science

Is There an App for That?

Apps are shaping teens’ notions of identity, intimacy, and imagination.
Markets and the Movie Industry

A new book documents censorship by Hollywood at the bidding of Hitler’s Nazi government.
Cancer Treatment Gets Personal

Genetic information about specific cancer can lead to better patient treatments
New Nobel Laureate Discusses His Life and Work

Harvard chemist Martin Karplus speaks to the press.

Science

Cherry Murray Honored by White House

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences dean receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation

10.5.14

$24-Million Donation to School of Public Health

Gift establishes the Ülker Center for Nutrient, Genetic, and Metabolic Research.

9.29.14

New Light on Academia’s Glass Ceiling

A Harvard professor helps link harassment during fieldwork to the “leaky pipeline.”

8.20.14

Synthetic Biology in the Wild

New technologies could one day potentially reengineer species in the wild.

8.15.14

Humanities

Tibetan Literature, Digitized

Harvard Library helps preserve Tibet’s literary heritage.

8.15.14

Loeb Classical Library 1.0

A digital “rebirth” for the series of Greek and Roman classics

8.15.14

The Humanities Village People

Harvard undergraduates delve deep into summer humanistic research.

6.23.14

Joseph Conrad’s Crystal Ball

Historian Maya Jasanoff says fiction can capture the subjective experience of the past.

4.11.14

Health and Medicine

International

Biden on Foreign Policy at Harvard

The vice president on Ebola, ISIL, China, and Russia at HKS

10.3.14

Global-Health Learning in Rural Mexico

Harvard Global Health Institute introduces a unique study-abroad opportunity, melding coursework with field experience.

6.16.14

Harvard Library to Help Preserve Tibetan Literary Heritage

Ten million pages of Tibetan literature will be stored in the library’s Digital Repository Services.

6.6.14

Tiananmen Plus Twenty-five

Harvard scholars recall the Tiananmen era and ponder its continuing impact

6.3.14

Social Sciences

Citizen Scholars

The Scholars Strategy Network aims to integrate scholarship into public policy.

8.15.14

Unraveling “Racial Threat”

Ryan Enos probes how people react to those of a different race

8.15.14

Can Pseudonyms Make Better Online Citizens?

Berkman Fellow Judith Donath says they can.

8.15.14

Time to Tax Carbon

A plan for controlling greenhouse gases while enhancing economic growth

8.15.14