Think twice before saying ‘cult’

Survey shows intense support for ex-president in face of indictments, but common claim among MAGA critics falls short of scientific rigor.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
Sept. 8, 2023 ~8 min

The struggle to design green buildings amid shifting legal, tech landscape

GSD Associate Professor Holly Samuelson explains how climate change is catalyzing dramatic new city and state regulations as architects, designers, and developers are struggling to stay current.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
May 10, 2023 ~11 min


Supreme Court may halt health care guarantees for inmates

Harvard experts on law and policy say originalist view used to overturn Roe could upend the 1976 Supreme Court ruling that requires a minimal standard for inmate health care.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
March 2, 2023 ~13 min

Why did so many buy COVID misinfo? It works like magic.

Harvard Law panelists say both exploit how brains process information.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
Jan. 19, 2023 ~6 min

N.Y. plan to involuntarily treat mentally ill homeless? Not entirely outrageous

Katherine Koh, a street psychiatrist at Mass. General Hospital, explains the complicating factors behind New York City’s proposal to involuntarily treat mentally ill homeless people.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
Dec. 8, 2022 ~12 min

How unjust police killings damage the mental health of Black Americans

Harvard Chan’s David Williams, whose research looks at how discrimination affects Black people’s health, talks about his pioneering work to assess the toll that police killings are having on Black mental health.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
May 13, 2021 ~16 min

Who participates in extreme politics and why do they?

The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol over Donald Trump’s election loss stunned the country and forced many to ask what prompts people to political violence.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
Jan. 29, 2021 ~10 min

Calculating possible fallout of Trump’s face mask remarks

Looking at the public health effects, and perhaps mortality rate, from President Trump’s running dismissal of wearing face masks to minimize the spread of coronavirus.

Christina Pazzanesse • harvard
Oct. 27, 2020 ~6 min


Experts consider the ethical implications of new technology

Faculty from the Computer Science and Philosophy departments join forces in a successful new undergraduate initiative, Embedded EthiCS, to change the way computer scientists think about the ethical implications of new technology.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
Oct. 16, 2020 ~15 min

Social media used to spread, create COVID-19 falsehoods

Analysts in public health, politics, and technology discuss the “pandemic” of COVID-19 misinformation being shared around the world.

Christina Pazzanese • harvard
May 8, 2020 ~10 min

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