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.
New addiction risks in the war on smoking
Two public-health veterans warn of new smoking risks, especially for the young.
John Rawls and the remaking of political philosophy
The lasting influence and limitations of John Rawls’s political philosophy
Isaac Kohane studies exceptional responders
Do patients who defeat cancer hold biological secrets?
An electrical engineer and applied mathematician, in brief
For a star electrical engineering professor, it's all about systems.
by Jacob Sweet
Hansjörg Wyss boosts biologically inspired engineering
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.
Historian Elizabeth Hinton: a profile
Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.
David Damrosch promotes world literature
David Damrosch’s literary global reach
Ann Forsyth reviews “Saving America’s Cities” by Lizabeth Cohen
In the history of urban renewal, a glimmer of the possibilities of social policy today
by Ann Forsyth
From the Archives: Animal Research
Every year, scientists use millions of animals—mostly mice and rats—in experiments. The practice provokes passionate debates over the morality and efficacy of such research—and how to make it more humane.
Harvard Scientists Develop Mechanically Active Skin Dressing
Researchers in the lab of Professor David Mooney have developed a wound-dressing design that works like embryonic skin to heal injuries rapidly.