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.
Ofer Bar-Yosef finds evidence of 20,000-year-old pottery in China
Ofer Bar-Yosef dates pottery in China to 20,000 years ago, 10 millennia before the invention of agriculture.
GSAS and SEAS launch new applied science master's degree
The master’s in computational science and engineering launches in 2013.
Lawrence Lessig Q&A
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"Golden Holocaust," by Robert N. Proctor, advocates the abolition of cigarettes
Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.
Nations fail due to institutional corruption, not geography, says James Robinson
James Robinson says that in the modern period, greedy leaders and institutional corruption, rather than geography, explain why some nations fail.
Videos of student projects from Jeffrey Schnapp's "Library Test Kitchen" course
Watch videos of Library Test Kitchen student projects, including a WiFi cold spot, a Neo-Carrel sleeping chair, and “library friend” Biblio.
Jeffrey Schnapp's Library Test Kitchen course tries out new ideas for libraries
An innovative course yields new products, services, and experiences that model the possible future of libraries.
Harvard’s new Memorial Church minister, Jonathan Walton, and other newsmakers
Memorial Church's new minister, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other Harvardians in the news
Harvard's Alexandar Keyssar analyzes voter suppression measures
Voting rights and partisan practices in a highly contested election year
Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson urge compromise in U.S. politics
Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics