Faculty & Community
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
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.
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
Biographical sketch of Ayn Rand
Brief life of an iconoclastic individualist
tips for healthy holiday eating
Eating well and feeling good through the holidays
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.