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

Timely guidance for colleges enrolling first-generation and low-income students

Rachel Gable’s research on helping first-generation and low-income students succeed at elite colleges

by John S. Rosenberg

The Loneliness Pandemic

As the country isolates, are we all alone?

by Jacob Sweet

Benjamin Friedman on faith and American socioeconomic policy

How faith shapes economic and social policy

Paul Farmer on the West Africa Ebola Epidemic

The 2014 epidemic was rooted in centuries of exploitation and war, Paul Farmer argues.

by Jonathan Shaw

Ask a Harvard Professor with Rebecca Henderson

How to reform capitalism to confront climate change and extreme inequality, with economist and McArthur University Professor Rebecca Henderson

At Home with Harvard: Election Day

In a year like no other, read a selection of Harvard Magazine stories on the forces that will shape the presidential election outcome. 

Seasonality of the SARS 2 Coronavirus

Seasonality and SARS-CoV-2

by Jonathan Shaw

Ask a Harvard Professor with Caroline Buckee

Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.

National Academy of Medicine Elects New Members

More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored. 

by Jonathan Shaw

See Their Faces

Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova