Illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff What it’s really like to be young Harvard faculty recommend books that capture youth in all its joy and agony...
Joan Brugge. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer How did her sister — once vibrant and healthy — become so sick so fast? Joan Brugge’s decadeslong profe...
Julian Simcock (left) and Nicholas Burns.Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer A new diplomacy for 21st century as economic, political, tech power shifts...
Dustin Tingley. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Dustin Tingley named vice provost for advances in learning He will lead University efforts in...
Why did sexual reproduction persist despite its biological costs? A new yeast experiment suggests genetic recombination can help populations avoid harmful evolutionary baggage and remain adaptable when environments change.
How to fix U.S. healthcare? ‘Radical action,’ says John McDonough. Chan School expert links soaring costs to broader policy shifts in ‘America’s Wrong Turn’...
Why does the United States spend so much more on healthcare than other wealthy countries? Harvard professor John McDonough traces part of the answer to decades of policy change, consolidation and growing commercial influence.
Photo by Antonia Prescott ‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.’ Total keto or veganism? Daniel Lieberman considers how, why humans evolved to eat it all...
Photo by Antonia Prescott Total keto or veganism? Daniel Lieberman considers how humans evolved to eat. Excerpt from evolutionary biologist’s new book ‘Fed...
Danielle Allen.Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer How somewhat obscure English duke helped stoke American revolutionary ambitions Danielle Allen’...
Don’t mince words, Radcliffe told scholars. It worked. Photo courtesy of Harvard Radcliffe Institute Jacob Sweet Harvard Staff Writer July 31, 2026...
How AI may change public policy, how we lead Jeremy Weinstein leads his class “Public Problem Solving with Generative AI.” Photos by Veasey Conway/Harvard Sta...