In wake of public outrage, professor sees hope for democracy
Could frustration with billionaires and corporate power bring about a resurgence in American democracy? Taeku Lee believes it’s possible.
Division of Social Science
Biodiversity is improving across campus, with help from a history course
Joyce Chaplin’s “Rewilding Harvard” is reimagining the Harvard landscape.
‘Climate policy uncertainty is bad for the economy’
Analysis reveals unhappy marriage of lower productivity and higher prices amid wobbly regulation
Joshua Greene receives Faculty Prize for Excellence in General Education
The award recognizes outstanding course design and teaching that exemplifies the program’s pedagogical aims.
With fewer men going to college, U.S. marriage market makes surprising shift
Economists show education gaps are changing who gets married — but not for the people you might think
‘Living with volcanoes requires accepting their power’
Hawaiʻi’s Alyssia Wiesenbauer arrived with an interest in studying volcanoes. She leaves with a deep knowledge of nature and museums.
Finding his rhythm between classroom and stage
At Harvard, drummer Raghav Mehrotra ’26 built knowledge about the music industry — and a sizable social media following.
Lives saved by sociologist’s fix for skin tone bias
The Monk Skin Tone scale, devised in 2019 by Professor Ellis Monk, helps create more accurate medical diagnostic tools for patients with dark skin
Lacrosse teammates, friends felt same call to military service
At Harvard, Francisco Cortes and Owen Guest also shared interest in history and commitment to their athletic regimen
Thesis investigates AI-image bias
With artificial intelligence quickly becoming ingrained in everyday life, psychology and government double-concentrator Gauri Sood ’26 is skeptical about non-human technologies mimicking human experiences without bias.
Jill Lepore on her Pulitzer Prize-winning ‘We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution’
In an interview, the veteran professor sees “a real hunger” for history about the document.