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.
Harvard National Academy of Medicine Members
Newly elected members include a dozen Harvard faculty affiliates.
Can Slime Molds Think?
A seemingly primitive creature’s complex ability to detect mass from a distance.
Optimizing Public-School Spending
Home prices are a bellwether of efficient spending in local schools
China’s Excess Wind Energy
Rather than shutting down turbines, China can harness surplus wind energy to make “green” hydrogen fuel and industrial chemicals.
by Jacob Sweet
Bruno Carvalho
An urbanist’s lifelong study of the “rhythm of cities,” from Rio to Cambridge
The Mystery of Smell
COVID-19 shines a spotlight on a once-obscure field of science.
The Food Waste Problem
Emily Broad Leib combats wasted food worldwide.
by Jacob Sweet
Speaking Pheromone
How science is done, in the lab of E.O. Wilson
Seven Harvard Affiliates Named HHMI Investigators
The designation comes with $9 million in research support
President Bacow Reviews Harvard Climate Actions
A summary of current work—and an important new appointment