Faculty & Research
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
Isaac Kohlberg to Step Down as Head of Harvard Technology Development
Partnerships and licensing office could become more critical as funding cuts loom
by Jonathan Shaw
Ben Franklin’s Project
Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge
by Joyce E. Chaplin
News in Brief
Physician-authors address Commencement and Alumni Day, new School of Education Dean, and more
Jessie Cox
An experimental percussionist-composer pushing the limits of music
by Lydialyle Gibson
Why Taxi Drivers Don’t Die of Alzheimer’s
Explaining taxi and ambulance drivers’ protection against Alzheimer’s disease.
by Erin O'Donnell
Greening Global Finance
A proposed “green” swap enables decarbonization of emerging market development projects.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Dangers of Mirror Life
Life forms built from left-handed DNA and RNA could threaten Earth’s plants, animals, and insects.
by Ann Thomas
Democrats, Republicans, and Zero-Sum Thinking
Founder of Harvard’s Social Economics Lab on a mindset held across the bipartisan divide
by Olivia Farrar
Housing in the Climate Crosshairs
A Harvard briefing on climate change and the U.S. housing crisis
by Jonathan Shaw
Remembering Earl Kim
A documentary revisits the composer and Harvard professor’s music.
by Nina Pasquini
Harvard Education School Dean Appointed
Nonie K. Lesaux transitions from interim to permanent dean.
by Nina Pasquini