Social Sciences
Breaking Bread
Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.
by Jack R. Trapanick
The World-Wise JFK
An unusual senior thesis
Understanding Ebola
The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.
by Jonathan Shaw
Rebecca Henderson: Does Capitalism Need to be Reimagined?
How to reform capitalism to confront climate change and extreme inequality, with economist and McArthur University Professor Rebecca Henderson
At Home with Harvard: Election Day
In a year like no other, read a selection of Harvard Magazine stories on the forces that will shape the presidential election outcome.
The Pandemic’s “Perfect and Terrible Storm”
Seasonality and SARS-CoV-2
by Jonathan Shaw
Caroline Buckee: Can Mobile-phone Data Help Control the Spread of the Coronavirus?
Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.
Harvard Professors Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored.
by Jonathan Shaw
Dementias Linked to Air Pollution
Hospitalizations for neurological disease rise with increases in fine particle pollution.
by Jonathan Shaw
The $16-Trillion Virus
Economic damage makes a compelling argument for robust federal policies to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
by Jonathan Shaw
Alumnus Robert B. Wilson and Paul Milgrom Share 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics
A scholar and his student share their field’s best-known honor.
by Jean Martin