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.
Personal stories teach about HIV in a new book by Max Essex and Unity Dow
In a new book, Max Essex and Unity Dow use stories to illuminate the science of HIV.
Slide show: In Dar es Salaam, women living with HIV support each other
Supporting each other in living with HIV
Slide show: Harvard scholars and students fight HIV in Africa
A look at the daily life of Harvard scholars and students fighting HIV in Africa
David Edwards's New Book "The Lab: Creativity and Culture"
The Lab: Creativity and Culture sets forth a vision of multidisciplinary innovation.
Study Finds Effects of Holocaust on Russian Economy and Politics
The Russian regions that lost the most Jews have shown slower economic growth and resistance to political reform, a new study finds.
Historian Vincent Brown uses multiple media to study slavery
The professor of African and African American studies uses multiple media to study slavery.
Jared Diamond and James Robinson apply "natural experiments" to studying histor
Applying "natural experiments" to the study of history
Brief life of Malawian nationalist Masauko Chipembere
Brief life of a pioneering African nationalist: 1930-1975
Gutenberg 2.0: What future for libraries?
Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.
The Harvard Center Shanghai opens
A new center in Shanghai reflects Harvard’s growing engagement with the People’s Republic.