Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
Graduate Student Union Schedules Strike
The work stoppage will begin October 27, unless a final bargaining session next week yields an agreement.
China’s Excess Wind Energy
Rather than shutting down turbines, China can harness surplus wind energy to make “green” hydrogen fuel and industrial chemicals.
by Jacob Sweet
A Sister’s Plea for Her Brother’s Freedom
Rayhan Asat is speaking out against the imprisonment of her brother Ekpar, drawing attention to the plight of Uighurs in China.
Critique and Joy
Kevin Young’s anthology of African American poetry, from Phillis Wheatley to hip hop
by Elisa New
The Context: Life on the Mesopotamian Marshes—and the Specter of Drought
Past work on water and human intervention
by Jacob Sweet
Namwali Serpell
The professor of English is also a novelist and a critic.
Under Review: Tony Saich on Chinese Communism at 100
The first century of the Chinese Communist Party—and what impends
Harvard Returns to Normal This Fall
University leaders announce that full, in-person operations will resume, with continuing public-health protocols.
Financial and mental health are linked
Around the globe, Vikram Patel finds, improvements in financial or mental health support both.
Musician and professor Braxton Shelley
A gospel scholar shapes music theory.
by Jacob Sweet
Humanities and democratic discourse belong together
Active citizens are humanists.
by Doris Sommer