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.
Time to reform the M.B.A.?
An economics columnist thinks M.B.A. students need more context in their curriculum.
Professor John Mugane directs Harvard’s African language program
Meet the director of Harvard’s African language program.
Great Mammal Hall at Harvard Museum of Natural History reopens
The Great Mammal Hall in the Harvard Museum of Natural History is restored and reopened.
English and the humanities in decline?
A new lament about the status of English critiques the Harvard department's new curriculum.
James Watson and Edward O. Wilson: An Intellectual Entente
James D. Watson and Edward O. Wilson, two major exponents of modern biology, reflect on the convergence of the evolutionary and molecular approaches in their field.
Wind Powering China
China could produce seven times its current electricity needs using wind alone.
A risk-management plan to help prevent financial crises
Financial regulation, moral hazard, and the end of “too big to fail”
The erosion of privacy in the Internet era
The erosion of privacy in the Internet era
Scrutinizing facial-recognition ability
“Super-recognizers” have an astonishing ability to identify faces.
The Poor Payoff of Pleasure Postponed
Why a little self-indulgence makes sense.