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.
Grace Ryan films a documentary on mental-health care in Ghana
Grace Ryan ’10 films a documentary on mental-health care, and the debate over reform, in Accra, Ghana.
Sangu Delle brings clean water to the village of Agyementi, Ghana
In Agyementi, Ghana, Sangu Delle ’10 brings clean water to a village.
Megan Shutzer interviews those who fled election violence in Kenya
In a refugee camp near Nakuru, Kenya, Megan Shutzer ’10 learns that fallout from the 2007 election violence persists.
At the University of Ghana, Audrey White studies the history of the slave trade
At "slave castles" and the University of Ghana, Audrey White ’10 researches the slave trade.
New media transform college classrooms
Visual, audio, and interactive media are transforming the college classroom
Biographical sketch of Ayn Rand
Brief life of an iconoclastic individualist
An undergraduate ponders Orhan Pamuk's Norton Lectures
Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow Spencer Lenfield listens to Orhan Pamuk’s Norton Lectures.
Professor John Mugane directs Harvard’s African language program
Meet the director of Harvard’s African language program.
English and the humanities in decline?
A new lament about the status of English critiques the Harvard department's new curriculum.
Wind Powering China
China could produce seven times its current electricity needs using wind alone.