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 study of teens links soft-drink consumption to violence

A Harvard School of Public Health study links soda to teen violence.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Harvard expands Tozzer anthropology library

Consolidating the anthropology department by raising the roof and renovating the library

Profile of HSPH professor Theresa Betancourt's research on neglected children

Theresa Betancourt studies the world’s most neglected and traumatized youths.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Harvard's Theresa Betancourt on her research, background, and family life

The director of Harvard’s Research Program on Children and Global Adversity discusses her research, background, and family life.

The rise in the use of C-sections in recent decades

The rise in the use of C-sections

Helen Vendler on admitting and nurturing creative undergraduates

Helen Vendler on how to welcome and nurture the poets and painters of the future

Mercury pollution in the Arctic flows from Russian rivers says Daniel Jacob

Arctic mercury pollution flows from rivers, not the atmosphere.

The general social survey has documented American attitudes since 1970

The General Social Survey asks Americans about issues from race to free speech, confirming some trends and contradicting popular reports of others.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Harvard news: Grad School dean Xiao-Li Meng, Marc Hauser, rugby, and more

Harvard news: Graduate School dean Xiao-Li Meng, Marc Hauser, University Professor Eric Maskin, and more

Harvard economics professor Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley ’44 share Nobel prize

A faculty member and an alumnus are recognized for work on the design of markets and matching theory.