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.
Harvard economist Richard Freeman on the risks of robotization of the economy
Most people’s jobs are at risk of becoming robotized, argues labor economist Richard Freeman.
Author Michael Pollan speaks at Harvard about his journey as a writer
At Radcliffe, the author talks on nature, food, and altered states of consciousness.
by Laura Levis
Graduate School of Design conference addresses racism in St. Louis
Urban planners and scholars talk racism and exclusion in St. Louis.
The animal law conundrum: when are creatures "things”?
Animal law takes hold at Harvard Law School.
Susan Dunn reviews Jefferson biography by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf
Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance
by Susan Dunn
Harvard Portrait: James Mickens
A Harvard computer scientist on how to build a universe
Harvard historians: ice records shed light on medieval climate
Historians at Harvard's Initiative for the Science of the Human Past investigate ice cores.
Economists debate the merits of school choice
Economists rethink the merits of school-choice systems.
Harvard study estimates cancer risk in twins
A new study offers a clearer picture of how genetics and the environment influence cancer risk in families.
Harvard’s Wyss Institute has developed organs-on-chips to transform drug testing
The Wyss Institute’s organs-on-chips could transform drug testing and personalized medicine.
by Laura Levis