Research & Ideas
Discover Harvard research, scholarship, and ideas shaping the world—from science and technology to policy, education, and the humanities.
‘Don’t Hold Your Breath’ for the Return of Low Interest Rates
Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff discusses the global forces driving up borrowing costs.
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025-2026 Fellows
Scholars pursue projects ranging from reducing ethnic violence to searching for an undiscovered super-Earth.
The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
Winners across five categories, from commentary on Gaza to criticism on public architecture
A Harvard Constitutional Scholar on Star Wars and the Supreme Court
The Harvard Law professor and constitutional scholar on what Star Wars can tell us about today’s Supreme Court
Federal Funding Cuts Impact the Women's Health Initiative (WHI)
A veteran women’s health advocate on federal funding cuts
Nineteenth Century Letters Between Two Harvard Undergraduates
An antebellum correspondence between two Harvard undergraduates
by Beth Luey
Paper Peepshows at Harvard's Baker Library
How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life
The Sum of Our Choices
On the limitations of a prevailing worldview
The Franklin Stove—A Historical Climate Change Adaptation
Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge
The Trump Administration's Impact on Higher Education
Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more
Harvard Percussionist and Composer Jessie Cox
An experimental percussionist-composer pushing the limits of music