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.
Shelly Greenfield's research finds gender differences in recovery from addiction
Studying the differences in addiction and recovery between men and women
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.
Photographer David Arnold and others document coral reefs in decline
The world's most fragile marine ecosystems are in decline.
Bin Laden death echoes in Drew Faust's Jefferson Lecture, "Telling War Stories"
President Drew Faust's Jefferson Lecture takes on an unexpected timeliness.
Designing throughways for wildlife
A winning proposal to keep cars and critters apart
Video: Clues in the blood: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics
Video: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics.
“Water cooler" effect may improve scientific research
Proximity appears to foster quality.
Metabolomics, the study of metabolites, provides telling clues to future health
The study of metabolites does an end run around genomics to provide telling clues to your future health.
Public input revises a list of important “hard problems” in the social sciences
An online discussion and poll revise the list of “hard problems” in the social sciences drafted by scholars at a Harvard symposium last year.
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering makes a fast start
Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has made a fast start.