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

Social geographer Ryan Enos

The political scientist explains “social geography.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The Undergraduate on the ethics of gathering knowledge

The Undergraduate explores the ethics of gathering knowledge.

by Julie Chung

Science historian Sarah Richardson profiled by Bennett McIntosh

Historian and philosopher Sarah Richardson interrogates the science of sex and gender.

by Bennett McIntosh

William Kaelin Wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Kaelin is the forty-ninth Harvard faculty member to win the Nobel. 

Sesame Street's fiftieth anniversary party at Harvard

Sesame Street celebrates a 50-year collaboration with Harvard.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Eighth Annual HILT Conference Focuses on Peer Learning

The eighth annual conference of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard's Jerry X. Mitrovica Awarded MacArthur grant

The geophysicist has pioneered the understanding that sea-level rise around the globe will vary significantly depending on crustal dynamics and gravitational forces. 

by Jonathan Shaw

Scholars Advocate “Managed Retreat” from Flooding Coastlines

The question is no longer if, but when and how. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Crows Know How to Have Fun

Surprising research about highly adept birds making and using tools

by Marina N. Bolotnikova