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.
Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart
“Sustainable eating,” and healthy recipes you can prepare for the holidays.
Designing for “Changing Climates”
An exhibit on landscape architect Bas Smets
How Our Planet’s Trees Use Carbon
From the Amazon rainforest to shrubs planted around city streets, trees influence the earth’s temperature.
Celebrating the Farlow Herbarium’s Centennial
Harvard’s Farlow Herbarium at 100
The Evolutionary Case for Exercise
The off-label prescription from our hunter-gatherer ancestors
Harvard’s Nobel Prize Incubator
The Harvard University Bio Labs, home to 10 Nobel laureates on floor three and two on floor four
How Physics Can Be Used to Manipulate a Coin Toss
How a coin toss can be uniquely rigged – and can demonstrate probability’s role in reducing uncertainty.
America's Housing Problem—Explained
America’s housing problem—and what to do about it
How Technology Shapes Elections, Privacy, and Democracy
Latanya Sweeney confronts our all-consuming “technocracy.”
How Does the Brain Interpret Language in Real-Time?
New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.