Faculty & Community

Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.

In Sermon, Garber Urges Harvard Community to ‘Defend and Protect’ Institutions

Harvard’s president uses traditional Memorial Church address to encourage divergent views.

by Jonathan Shaw

An undergraduate volunteer looks at Ghana's growing private-school system

An undergraduate captures Ghana's growing private-school system in photographs.

by Sara Joe Wolansky

An undergraduate documents the impact of rural banking in Ghana

An undergraduate documents the impact of microfinance and rural banking in Ghana.

by Nur Nasreen Ibrahim

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.

by Nathalie Miraval

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

Run barefoot, says Daniel Lieberman, human evolutionary biology professor

Study finds that runners who land on their forefeet are more efficient than their heel-striking counterparts.

The Veil’s Revival

Veils have seen a resurgence among young Muslim women worldwide. Is this a step backward, or a marker of progressive politics?

by Erin O’Donnell

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."

by Marilyn Chase

Leading professors on the future of their fields

Leading professors on the future of their fields

High-Tech Art Sleuthing

Conservators are using laser-assisted pigment analysis to identify and authenticate the work of modern artists.

From Human Nature to Human Resources

By reading Darwin, a business school professor has found a unifying way to think about human motivation.