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 partners cast third mirror for world's largest telescope.

Harvard's partners cast third mirror for world's largest telescope

Facing declining enrollments, the humanities reinvent themselves

Facing declining enrollments, the humanities seek to reinvent themselves.

Lawyer James Ryan at Harvard Graduate School of Education

Lawyer James Ryan, new dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education, is a scholar and champion of equal educational opportunity.

by Lincoln Caplan

A guide to coping with Alzheimer’s in New England

Families must weigh housing options, costs—and therapies.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A poster by Harvard scientists shows 4.6 billion years of evolutionary history

A poster by Harvard scientists shows 4.6 billion years of evolutionary history.

by Laura Levis

How the Internet has leveled the playing field in numerous public realms

The Internet has led to cultural and economic changes that tilt power away from large organizations, argues Nicco Mele in a new book.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

A letter from the editor

A letter from the editor on the humanities at Harvard

Helen Vendler's collaboration with Arion Press

The poetry critic, the publisher, and the art of bookmaking in a digital era

by Nathan Heller

The Origins of Life

Studying how life bloomed on Earth—and might emerge elsewhere

by Courtney Humphries

Harvard study finds regional differences in intergenerational social mobility

Economists ask what factors help children rise out of poverty.