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.

by Jonathan Shaw

Centennial Medalists 2015

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honors four distinguished alumni.

Climate change panel debates solutions, including divestment tactic

A panel of experts debates the best path forward.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Islamic Legal Studies Program launches SHARIASource digital platform

SHARIASource—“Google-like aspirations” for an online resource on Islamic law

by Stephanie Garlock

Harvard music professors create dynamic music theory diagrams

Two scholars—in jazz, and in German music—team up on a tool that makes musical structure visible.

by Sophia Nguyen

Historian Ronald Suny Discusses Armenian Genocide at Harvard's Davis Center

On the centenary, historian Ronald G. Suny discusses the causes of the twentieth century’s first genocide.

by Stephanie Garlock

Harvard's African and African American art gallery opens

Another art museum opens—this one, a gallery for African and African-American Art.

by Sophia Nguyen

Violence against South Asian women and solutions

Addressing the root causes of violence against women in South Asia

by Rohini Pande

Harvard arts and sciences enrollment, faculty growth

Highlights from Dean Michael D. Smith’s annual report

Schlesinger Library's new exhibit showcases the Civil War's personal histories

A Schlesinger Library exhibit reveals the domestic side of the war.

Harvard School of Public Health $350-million endowment

A transformative endowment gift from Gerald L. Chan and family