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How people successfully dodge questions and how to prevent them from getting away with it.

Allan Brandt faces health issue; Richard Tarrant is interim dean.

Harvard’s George Church, genomics pioneer, and William George, healthcare and management leader, are recognized.

“Active learning” may overthrow the style of teaching that has ruled universities for 600 years.

Harvard Business School issues sober survey on U.S. competitiveness.

Profile of a Harvard government professor and political theory scholar

Sociologist Robert J. Sampson documents enduring neighborhood differences in Chicago.

Four Harvard students from four different disciplines discuss a summer spent in Pakistan investigating water-related issues.

John Briscoe tackles water insecurity around the world.

Theda Skocpol analyzes the politics and demographics of the Tea Party.

Brains scans reveal that In moral decision-making, people rely on emotion to guide choices in some situations and rationality in others.

The pioneering professor at Harvard Business School died November 1 at age 89.

Michael Norton surveys Harvard alumni perceptions and preferences about wealth distribution.

Psychology professor Daniel Wegner has found that access to information online changes what people remember.

Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton finds Americans prefer a more equal distribution of wealth.