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.
An undergraduate finds that her attempts to blend in are lost in translation
An undergraduate journalism intern in France gets lost in translation, but found by new friends.
An undergraduate journalism intern searches Seoul for the best "bingsu" dessert
An undergraduate journalism intern explores Korea's shaved-ice cafés—and her feelings about being a food writer.
by Jane Seo
Chung To quit Wall Street to sponsor schooling for China's AIDS orphans
Chung To quit Wall Street to sponsor schooling for China’s "blood orphans."
Harvard lecturer cancels youth leadership development program in Syria
Recent unrest derailed Marshall Ganz's leadership development project for youth.
Peter Der Manuelian is Harvard's resident Egyptologist
Meet Harvard's resident Egyptologist.
Stephen Greenblatt traces how Lucretius in "De Rerum Natura" shaped the present
Stephen Greenblatt traces the influence of Lucretius, through De Rerum Natura, on modern thought.
Bin Laden death echoes in Drew Faust's Jefferson Lecture, "Telling War Stories"
President Drew Faust's Jefferson Lecture takes on an unexpected timeliness.
Sean Dorrance Kelly’s "All Things Shining" and the pursuit of a meaningful life
In a new book, All Things Shining, philosopher Sean Dorrance Kelly confronts modern nihilism with a guide for learning how to live a meaningful life.
Jill Lepore on Longfellow's "Paul Revere's Ride"
The historian reexamines the poet.
Harvard president Drew Faust visits Chile and Brazil
President Faust visits Chile and Brazil.