Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention
The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.
Harvard summer archaeology in China
Field notes from a summer archaeological expedition
Harvard President Faust stepping down 2018
An expected transition, as the University’s twenty-eighth president plans to conclude her service.
Harvard Portrait: Sarah Lewis
An art historian on race and photography
Rethinking liberal arts Yale-NUS, Minerva
Yale-NUS, Nicholas Lemann, and Minerva remodel liberal arts for the twenty-first century.
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2017-2018 Fellows
Eleven of this year’s 52 fellows come from within the University.
by Oset Babür
Fake social media posts aim to distract
Distraction seems to be the aim of a massive government campaign of fake social media posts.
The Discovery of a Lost Harvard Museum
Recreating the Philosophy Chamber
Linguists’ search for the nature of speech, sign, and universal grammar
How linguists use sign languages to understand universal grammar
Harvard Business professor Mihir A. Desai ties finance to the humanities
A Business School professor ties finance and humanities together.
Peabody Museum 150th anniversary exhibition anthropology
The Peabody Museum 150th is a showcase for the origins and evolution of anthropology.