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.
by Olivia Farrar
What It Means to Be OK
Daniela Lamas and the practice of post-ICU care
by Lydialyle Gibson
Ulysses S. Grant
Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
by Elizabeth D. Samet
Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines
by Jonathan Shaw
Native Modern
Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Uses—and Abuses—of Austerity
Economists revisit an unsettled economic policy.
by Idrees Kahloon
Remembering: Information as Art
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA
by Nell Porter-Brown
India's Dropping Wind-Power Potential
Diminishing winds may be a harbinger of further climate-change damage to come.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Quantum Science Initiative
Harvard thinks bigger about the odd realm of matter at the very smallest scale.
by Jonathan Shaw
Harvard Medical School Advances Research with $200-Million Gift
Foundation of Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, makes record pledge for basic and applied science.
Genetics and the Human Revolution
Can advances in DNA sequencing help explain what makes us human?
by Bennett McIntosh