Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
Jason Furman: Capitalism Is Working. It Could Work Better.
On Open to Debate, the Harvard economist defended free market competition—with meaningful government involvement.
The Arnold Arboretum’s 10-year plan for plant collecting
Collecting expeditions race the anthropocene extinction to sample wild botanical diversity.
The Harvard Giza Project rebuilds a 4,500-year-old Egyptian throne
“Experimental archaeology” at the Harvard Semitic Museum
Harvard Commencement speakers Spielberg, Faust, more
Commencement oratory from Steven Spielberg, Drew Faust, and others
Harvard’s ties to new Fulbright University Vietnam
President Obama’s visit and a developing nation’s new university
Houghton Library Celebrates the Quatercentenary of Shakespeare's Death
Celebrating four centuries of Shakespeare at Harvard
by Olivia Munk
Harvard public health dean, museum director, more
A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more
Stephen Owen translates the complete works of Chinese poet Du Fu into English
Conant University Professor Stephen Owen spent 10 years translating the poet’s 1,400 surviving poems.
Harvard alumna teaches humanities at West Point
Elizabeth D. Samet ’91 melds literature and leadership in her classes for the cadets.
Harvard Center for Middle Eastern Studies sponsors human-rights activist's talk
The Iranian human-rights activist and Nobel laureate talks, and listens.
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.