Arts Portrait of the documentarian as a young man Film explores midcentury archive of Kalahari peoples
Arts In translation, he found his raison d’être Arthur Goldhammer looks back on a life bringing the work of Thomas Piketty and others to readers of English
Health What crowdsourced big data may be able to tell us about COVID Health information self-reported by app fuels infection prediction model
Health Coffee connection gets stronger Daily consumption associated with improved survival in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer
An emergency response team for data? Harvard Data Science Review airs COVID-19 findings Science| DateSeptember 18, 2020September 18, 2020
When we can’t even agree on what is real Study shows bias of left and right extends to perceptions of verifiable fact World| DateJune 3, 2020June 15, 2020
How political ideas keep economic inequality going Thomas Piketty takes a long look at global history and ways to redistribute wealth Business| DateMarch 3, 2020March 4, 2020
The power of positive phrasing Findings framed as ‘promising,’ ‘novel,’ ‘unique’ — used more often by male researchers — are likelier to be cited Science| DateDecember 16, 2019December 17, 2019
Social spending on kids yields biggest bang for the buck Opportunity Insights study also finds better returns in keeping students in school than in job-training programs Business| DateJuly 24, 2019July 24, 2019
Water, life, and climate change in South Asia How weather shaped the region’s past and environmental shifts threaten its future World| DateJuly 2, 2019July 3, 2019
Negative ‘Impact’ on learning New research from sociology’s Joscha Legewie show lower test scores follow aggressive policing World| DateMay 1, 2019May 1, 2019
A new look at the father of modern political thought 'Inequality, Religion, and Society' examines works of John Rawls World| DateJanuary 22, 2019January 22, 2019
Mourning Devah Pager Sociologist, an academic 'force of nature,' remembered for her trailblazing scholarship, extraordinary mentorship News| DateNovember 7, 2018November 8, 2018
New faculty: Ellis Monk Along with building on his own work, sociologist hopes to ‘nurture and inspire’ young researchers Campus| DateOctober 23, 2018October 23, 2018
Crunch time for the human race With fate of the world in our hands, astrophysicist and cosmologist Martin Rees expects a century of life-altering decisions Science| DateOctober 3, 2018October 3, 2018
Bobo named dean of social science Scholar whose research probes inequality, politics, and race will take helm Oct. 1 News| DateSeptember 17, 2018September 19, 2018
Raj Chetty returning to Harvard Will rejoin Economics Department, where he’ll work to leverage research on inequality into policy solutions News| DateJune 21, 2018July 24, 2018
Reflections on Inequality in America Initiative’s first year Ambitious efforts and success mark its beginning Campus| DateMay 24, 2018January 23, 2019
Assistant professor named a Carnegie Fellow Hinton among 31 recognized with prestigious honor News| DateMay 2, 2018August 21, 2018
Scholars home in on U.S. inequality ‘Urgent, focused’ attention includes new postdoctoral fellowship Business| DateOctober 20, 2017August 30, 2018
Inequality’s influence Study shows that exposure to inequality reduces support for ‘millionaire’s tax’ Science| DateJune 27, 2017June 28, 2017
To advance sustainability, fight inequality, researcher says Sampson study urges greater attention to strengthening social structure in cities Science| DateFebruary 17, 2017February 22, 2017
When passengers air their fury Planes with first-class cabins are likeliest to have disruptions, study says World| DateJune 13, 2016
Inequality runs deeper than health law Modest effect in wider insurance, experts say Health| DateApril 22, 2016March 4, 2019
Toward a path less riddled Anthony Abraham Jack has left a mark on campus life Campus| DateApril 21, 2016
Mixed progress cited in challenging discrimination ‘Glacial movement of change’ brings hope to some, discouragement to others Science| DateApril 8, 2016May 2, 2019
The costs of inequality: Across Harvard, efforts to improve lives Programs work to aid individuals, opening vistas that many in struggling communities have never seen Campus| DateMarch 21, 2016July 26, 2019
The costs of inequality: Faster lives, quicker deaths For African Americans and Hispanics, frail neighborhoods undercut education, health, and jobs — all keys to thriving World| DateMarch 14, 2016June 23, 2020
The costs of inequality: For women, progress until they get near power Men still dominate the top; adjusting everyday norms could prompt change, analysts say Science| DateMarch 7, 2016March 28, 2018
The costs of inequality: A goal of justice, a reality of unfairness Current system produces huge prison population, lengthy sentences, but little proof of deterrence World| DateFebruary 29, 2016December 22, 2017
The costs of inequality: Money = quality health care = longer life Federal insurance has helped many, but system’s holes limit gains, Harvard analysts say Health| DateFebruary 22, 2016March 4, 2019
The costs of inequality: Education’s the one key that rules them all When there’s inequity in learning, it’s usually baked into life, Harvard analysts say World| DateFebruary 15, 2016April 1, 2019
The costs of inequality: Increasingly, it’s the rich and the rest Economic and political inequities are interlaced, analysts say, leaving many Americans poor and voiceless World| DateFebruary 8, 2016December 20, 2017
The costs of inequality: When a fair shake isn’t Harvard researchers, scholars identify stubborn tenets of America’s built-in inequity, offer answers World| DateFebruary 1, 2016September 3, 2020
