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

Do maternal and paternal genes compete in children?

Imprinted genes may affect the timing of pregnancy and nursing in humans.

Orchid bees and flight turbulence

Orchid bees in flight extend their hind legs for stability.

by Jonathan Shaw

Excerpt from Green Metropolis, by David Owen

An excerpt from Green Metropolis, by David Owen ’78

New media transform college classrooms

Visual, audio, and interactive media are transforming the college classroom

by Craig Lambert

Biographical sketch of Ayn Rand

Brief life of an iconoclastic individualist

by Jennifer Burns

tips for healthy holiday eating

Eating well and feeling good through the holidays

by Nell Porter-Brown

An undergraduate ponders Orhan Pamuk's Norton Lectures

Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow Spencer Lenfield listens to Orhan Pamuk’s Norton Lectures.

The Radcliffe Institute at 10

The advanced-study institute, formed when Radcliffe College was fully absorbed into Harvard a decade ago, prides itself on creative cross-disciplinary work.

Nobel Prize Chemistry Steitz

Three scientists, including a 1966 Harvard Ph.D., are recognized for fundamental work on the ribosome.

At HSPH, a panel of experts discusses the healthcare reform bills in Congress

A panel of experts, from Harvard and elsewhere, attempts to cut through the confusion about the healthcare reform bills in Congress.