Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
Remembering Jack Reardon
He was Harvard’s quintessential people person.
Peabody Museum 150th anniversary exhibition anthropology
The Peabody Museum 150th is a showcase for the origins and evolution of anthropology.
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 plans significant data science institute
Unveiling a University research initiative
Learning to Lose
Sharmila Sen on making a life in the humanities.
by Bailey Trela
Harvard Houghton Library 75th anniversary exhibition
A humanistic “masterclass” for Houghton Library's seventy-fifth anniversary
Profile of historian Elizabeth Hinton
A scholar of race, justice, and public policy
Boston Review editor Joshua Cohen on “Fake News” and the Post-Trump Media
Boston Review editor Joshua Cohen on the role of the media after Trump.
Ukrainian-language collections housed at Harvard
One of the largest Ukrainian-language collections in the world, housed at Harvard
Documenting refugees fleeing war to seek safety in Europe
A Nieman Fellow documents the perilous passage of refugees fleeing war to seek safety in Europe.