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.
Samuel Huntington remembered
A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist
Harvard botanists hunt rare plants in China
The hunt for rare plants in China
Critic and poet Fred Moten, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Fred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarship
Meghan O'Sullivan discusses her new book, "Windfall," on energy policy
The United States is finally in a position of energy dominance, but its ability to harness this boom is fraught with challenges.
by Oset Babür
A New Cast for the Harvard Semitic Museum
A replica of the Dream Stele, part of Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian’s efforts to revitalize the museum
The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead
A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.
FAS’s Inequality Initiative
The initative includes interdisciplinary conversation, annual symposia, and a postdoc program.
Sunil Amrith, Kate Orff, and Damon Rich Awarded MacArthur “Genius” Grants
A faculty member and two GSD affiliates are honored.
The Bruce Telescope Rediscovered
The telescope that helped define Earth’s place in the universe
Building RoboBees: How Harvard Engineers Are Revolutionizing Micro-Robotics
The push to build flying, thinking, robot swarms