Faculty & Community
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
This Astronomer is Sounding a Warning on 'Space Junk'
As debris accumulates in low Earth orbit, the danger of destructive collisions continues to rise.
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.
Jerry Mitrovica explains the uneven rise in sea levels as glaciers melt
Deciphering sea levels
Historian Vincent Brown uses multiple media to study slavery
The professor of African and African American studies uses multiple media to study slavery.
Online voting system Helios offers prototype for transparent, secure elections
The online voting system Helios offers a prototype for transparency and security in elections.
Jared Diamond and James Robinson apply "natural experiments" to studying histor
Applying "natural experiments" to the study of history
Jay Lorsch and Rakesh Khurana offer a new paradigm for executive compensation
Time for a new paradigm for executive compensation
by Jay Lorsch , Rakesh Khurana
Michael Kremer's Group Aims To Bring Safe Drinking Water to the Developing World
A Harvard professor's project in Kenya strives to avoid common pitfalls of development work.
Nine Harvard faculty elected National Academy of Sciences
The disciplines represented range from economics and sociology to statistics, applied physics, and medicine.