Research & Ideas

Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.


Court Blocks International Student Visa Rule

Citing improper procedure, a district judge postponed the government’s efforts to cap student visas at four years.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard alumna teaches humanities at West Point

Elizabeth D. Samet ’91 melds literature and leadership in her classes for the cadets.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies sponsors human-rights activist's talk

The Iranian human-rights activist and Nobel laureate talks, and listens.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Jerome Groopman guides Harvard students to insights from narratives of illness

The students in Jerome Groopman’s “Insights from Narratives of Illness” wrestle with the profound.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Susan Dunn reviews Jefferson biography by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf

Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance

by Susan Dunn

Jacqueline Bhabha critiques the world's response to migration crises

Harvard human-rights expert Jacqueline Bhabha critiques the inadequate response to the world’s migration crises.

by Jacqueline Bhabha

Harvard Global Institute

Harvard’s new approach to international research

by John S. Rosenberg

The Poetry of John Milton

The poetry of John Milton

Visualizing Broadway

Derek Miller hopes data will shake up the field of theater history.

by Jonathan Shaw

Daniel Aaron is profiled by Christoph Irmscher

Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.

by Christoph Irmscher