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.
Bringing the Stars to Light
Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
Alternatives to Policing
A Law School report offers the City of Boston recommendations for reform.
Baking Sourdough Bread is a Survival Instinct
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
by Jacob Sweet
Allston Research Campus Takes Form
Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.
An organismic biologist praises reawakening to the natural world
Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum
An intellectual history of the Cold War era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
Clues to the persistence of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
The gas giant’s storms could be driven by processes thousands of kilometers below the surface.
Using DNA for data storage
Compact and persistent, DNA could one day compress all human knowledge into a 15-gallon drum.
by Steve Nadis
Harvard Portrait: Roxanne Guenette
Seeking answers to science’s biggest questions
Jeannie Suk Gersen of Harvard Law School, profiled by Lydialyle Gibson
Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”