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

Harvard and Life Sciences Partners to Build a Center for Biological Therapies

A new center aims to bring cutting-edge medicines “from laboratory to approved therapy.” 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard president enables more research into University's slavery ties

The president announces a $5-million initiative.

by John S. Rosenberg

Why we eat what we do

“Resetting the Table,” a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum, examines American food traditions. 

by Jacob Sweet

Can the Catholic Church Help Explain Western Psychology?

A social-science analysis of how Catholicism transformed Western culture

by Drew Pendergrass

Lawrence Lessig Delivers a Prescription for Reforming American Democracy

How to reform voting and elections in the United States to create a representative democracy

by Jonathan Shaw

Butterflies Show Species Are Not Isolated

Research in butterflies reveals how genes flow among species—and lead to tangled genetic trees

by Bennett McIntosh

Michael Kremer wins Nobel Prize in economics

Professor Michael Kremer shares the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences with two scholars from MIT.

Harvard and University of Michigan joint summit on stigma and opioid addiction

Harvard and the University of Michigan’s second joint summit on opioids addresses stigma, race, and access to care.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Where teachers thrive, students do

Education policy should focus on schools as a whole, not individual teachers, argues Susan Moore Johnson.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Can perfect equality exist?

Eric Nelson says John Rawls led modern philosophy astray.

by John A. Griffin