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.
Short profile of David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine
David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, works in both history and medicine.
Philosopher and scientist Robert O. Doyle has a new model of free will
Robert O. Doyle proposes a two-stage, “Jamesian,” model of free will.
Xiao-Li Meng is the new dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The statistics professor succeeds Allan Brandt.
Carmen M. Reinhart named professor of international financial system
The coauthor of the bestseller This Time is Different arrived July 1.
An undergraduate journalist gains experience working at a newspaper in Chile.
A young journalist gains experience in Chile.
by Andrew Chow
Ofer Bar-Yosef finds evidence of 20,000-year-old pottery in China
Ofer Bar-Yosef dates pottery in China to 20,000 years ago, 10 millennia before the invention of agriculture.
Nations fail due to institutional corruption, not geography, says James Robinson
James Robinson says that in the modern period, greedy leaders and institutional corruption, rather than geography, explain why some nations fail.
Jeffrey Schnapp's Library Test Kitchen course tries out new ideas for libraries
An innovative course yields new products, services, and experiences that model the possible future of libraries.
Radcliffe fellow Trethewey named poet laureate
Natasha Trethewey was a 2001 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.
Harvard awards eight honorary degrees at Commencement 2012
Eight awarded honorary degrees at 361st Commencement exercises