Emma Rothschild

Eminent historian Bernard Bailyn dies at 97

His books won two Pulitzers, reframing our understanding of colonial America, and his teaching launched generations of inquisitive scholars

Campus|

DateAugust 11, 2020

“We study history in order to see more clearly into the situation in which we are called upon to act,” said the financial historian Niall Ferguson, quoting R.G. Collingwood at the Harvard History Department's talk "Everything is History — History is Everything."

What history gives the present

Scholars explain importance of the past in gaining context for modern concerns

World|

DateNovember 9, 2012March 15, 2019

“Behavioral economics tries to understand people’s behavior and preferences. Most experiments in that area are done on Western undergraduates from educated, rich, industrialized countries," said economics fellow Johannes Haushofer, who has opened the Busara Center for Behavioral Economics in Nairobi, Kenya. Specifically, Haushofer is examining the role of stress in economic decision-making.

The psychology of poverty

Economics fellow uses Kenyan lab to study, learn from the poor

World|

DateOctober 24, 2012May 3, 2019

Former Harvard president Derek Bok greets current president Drew Faust at the Phi Beta Kappa Exercises inside Sanders Theatre. Two-time Poet Laureate of the United States and 2011 Pulitzer Prize winner Kay Ryan (not pictured) read 12 poems at the ceremony.

Sharp messages

Poetic lessons and a call to action at Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises

Campus|

DateMay 22, 2012April 22, 2019

Faculty honored with PBK Teaching Prizes

News|

DateMay 16, 2012July 19, 2019

Swanee Hunt, the Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, was the U.S. ambassador to Austria during the Bosnian War. Through a series of emotional vignettes, she recounts her diplomatic missions, as well as the impact of war through the eyes of the Bosnians she encountered in her book "Worlds Apart: Bosnian Lessons for Global Security."

While you were away

A roundup of recent books by Harvard faculty

Arts|

DateSeptember 1, 2011March 25, 2019

Harvard University research technician Josh McLaren works on a tower collecting environmental data at the Harvard Forest in Petersham, Mass.

Battling climate change on all fronts

Harvard works to record, understand, and counter global shifts

Science|

DateApril 15, 2010March 5, 2019

The Harvard Gazette

World

Pope may support same-sex unions, but that doesn’t mean the Vatican does