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.
Beckert's “Empire of Cotton” Wins a Bancroft Prize in History
His Empire of Cotton: A Global History puts slavery in an international context.
Harvard addresses climate change and divestment
A campus focus on global warming
HMS Ebola conference emphasizes importance of basic supportive care
At a Harvard Medical School conference, experts discussed lessons from the epidemic.
Harvard researchers have found neurons that that play a role in consciousness
A newly identified group of neurons that play a role in consciousness may have implications for the treatment of schizophrenia.
by Laura Levis
Dietary guidelines change with respect to fats, cholesterol, meat and sugar
Changes to guidelines for fats, cholesterol, meat, and sugar are among the highlights
Harvard music professors create dynamic music theory diagrams
Two scholars—in jazz, and in German music—team up on a tool that makes musical structure visible.
Harvard’s Eric Maskin and Michael Kremer look at globalization and inequality
Modeling how globalization leaves the least-skilled workers behind
Teaching with technology, for a new generation
From the “Teaching Machine” to the promise of twenty-first-century learning technology
The progress of palliative medicine
The progress of palliative medicine
Google’s Parisa Tabriz speaks at Harvard Women Engineers WECode conference
The Harvard Women Engineers Code (WECode) conference encourages all genders in technology fields.