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
St. Louis Blues
Urban planners and scholars talk racism and exclusion in St. Louis.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Are Animals “Things”?
Animal law takes hold at Harvard Law School.
by Cara Feinberg
The “Little Republics”
Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance
by Susan Dunn
James Mickens
A Harvard computer scientist on how to build a universe
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Science of History
Historians at Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past investigate ice cores.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Debating School Choice
Economists rethink the merits of school-choice systems.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Shedding Light on Genetic Cancer Risks
A new study offers a clearer picture of how genetics and the environment influence cancer risk in families.
by Sophia Nguyen
A Modest Proposal
Why Harvard and MIT might join forces on climate-change research
Rationality and Robots
New thinking machines demand a new economic science.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Mimicking Organs
The Wyss Institute’s organs-on-chips could transform drug testing and personalized medicine.
by Laura Levis