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.
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.
The Movement for Open Syllabi
“It’s kind of like when you go to the library to check out one book, but it’s actually the book next to the book you were looking for that was the important one. A syllabus sets up that opportunity.”
Harvard Testing Tool for Curricular Exploration
Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.
B vitamin content of rice declines with rising CO2
A new study quantifies the global impact of declines in a single nutrient in a single crop, and hints at wider impacts.
The Market-Model University
Humanities in the age of money
The short-term investing trap
Long-term investors fall to short-term thinking.
by Jacob Sweet
Exploring the secret lives of cervids
Ecologists aim to understand how deer form their home ranges.
Harvard study quantifies disease contributions of genetics and environment
The largest-ever study of twins quantifies the respective influence of genes and environment on specific diseases.
New HGSE dean Bridget Terry Long takes stock a year in
New HGSE dean Bridget Terry Long seeks to “expand, double down, and deepen our impact.”