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.
Unrelated tropical cuckoos find safety sharing a communal nest
The breeding behavior of tropical cuckoos, in which unrelated adults share a communal nest, proves an exception to the theory of kin selection.
High housing costs restrict labor mobility, threatening economic growth
Land-use restrictions lead to growing income disparities between states, Kennedy School researchers find.
Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School studies placebos
An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine.
Michael McElroy and Xi Lu on natural gas, fracking, and U.S. energy prospects
Natural gas, the economy, and America’s energy prospects
by Xi Lu
Jane Pickering director Harvard science, culture museums
Jane Pickering appointed executive director of science, culture museums
Harvard Divinity's Ahmed wins Grawemeyer Award
Harvard Divinity School scholar recognized for book on Muslim women and the veil
Harvard urges Congress to protect federal research funding
Joins 15 other leading Massachusetts universities and hospitals in urging Congress to reach a resolution.
Q&A with Harvard's Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on Google for voting patterns
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz uses Google Insights for Search to analyze voting patterns and turnout, and to predict the winner.
Atul Gawande speaks about excellence at Harvard Graduate School of Education
The HMS professor speaks on the difference between being competent and great.
Harvard releases first University-wide Sustainability Impact Report
The first University-wide Sustainability Impact Report highlights campus-wide environmental data.