Faculty & Community
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
This Astronomer is Sounding a Warning on 'Space Junk'
As debris accumulates in low Earth orbit, the danger of destructive collisions continues to rise.
Alumnus Robert B. Wilson shares Economics Nobel
A scholar and his student share their field’s best-known honor.
by Jean Martin
Harvard libraries welcome volunteers’ help with historical manuscripts
Volunteer transcribers help make Harvard library documents accessible.
Can solar geoengineering slow climate change?
Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term fallout
Review of Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves”
A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.
Review of new Putnam and Garrett book, “The Upswing,” by Idrees Kahloon
In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history
When spending on social programs pays
Economic analysis of U.S. government spending shows that some social programs more than pay for themselves.
Can dementia’s decline in Europe and the U.S. go global?
Dementia is decreasing in Europe and North America. Why not the rest of the world?
by Matteo Wong
Fast, accurate cancer diagnosis in the developing world
A portable, simple testing technology promises accurate breast-cancer diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries.
by Jordan Smith
Harvard Portrait: Mayra Rivera
How apocalyptic narratives help make sense of the modern world
The Voter-Fraud Disinformation Campaign
A White House-led effort to recast public discourse