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

Harvard’s Jerry Mitrovica explains how Earth dynamics connect to climate

Connecting climate change to the planet’s shifting crust

by Jonathan Shaw

Profile of political philosopher Nancy Rosenblum

Nancy Rosenblum studies neighbors and the power of proximity.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Bowen and McPherson, “Lesson Plan,” reviewed by Clayton Spencer

A focused briefing on degree-attainment, democracy, and economic opportunity

by Clayton Spencer

Harvard's New England plant collections published online

Digitized herbaria collections data allow researchers to predict future plant ranges.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard researchers find evidence of China's Great Flood

Researchers unearth geological evidence to support one of the country’s earliest folk legends.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Sexual Violence in India’s Headlines

Joanna Jolly takes issue with rape coverage in the media.

by Aidan Langston

Are Hospital Pay-for-Performance Programs Failing?

Harvard researchers ask whether market incentives can improve healthcare. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

New Study Calls Subway Germs Mostly Harmless

Curtis Huttenhower and colleagues analyze bugs on Boston’s T.

by Aidan Langston

Harvard Study Shows How Antibiotics Disrupt Babies’ Microbiomes

Killing good bugs as well as bad may harm early immune “education,” say Harvard scientists.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard exhibition of Neolithic Chinese pottery

An exhibition of prehistoric earthenware deepens understanding of early Chinese cultures and communities.

by John S. Rosenberg