Faculty & Research
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
This Astronomer is Sounding a Warning on 'Space Junk'
As debris accumulates in low Earth orbit, the danger of destructive collisions continues to rise.
by Olivia Farrar
Financial Crises, Faculty Views
Harvard faculty members gather to discuss economic problems on Wall Street and beyond.
What Makes the Human Mind?
Biological anthropologist Marc Hauser seeks to isolate the aspects of human thought that account for what he terms "humaniqueness," the difference between animal and human thought.
Perspectives on Saving Capitalism
Ideas from Harvard scholars and alumni include going local; regulating consumer credit; and getting over our aversion to centralized planning.
Bailout: Dividends No, Savings Bonds Yes
In two newspaper op-ed essays, faculty members critique aspects of the federal government's financial-rescue measures and emerging proposals for another economic-stimulus package...
Tiktaalik Resurfaces
In today’s New York Times, science writer John Noble Wilford reports on new findings (to be published tomorrow in the journal Nature) about Tiktaalik roseae, a fossil fish that...
Bill Gates on “Creative Capitalism”
Highlights from an armchair discussion between Bill Gates and Robinson professor of business administration emeritus James Cash
Martin Chalfie ’69, Ph.D. ’77, and Roger Y. Tsien ’72 Share Chemistry Nobel Prize
Fundamental work on the green fluorescent protein, isolated from jellyfish, is now a basic tool used to study biological processes...
$125-Million Gift for Bioengineering
Hansjörg Wyss, M.B.A. ’65 has given the University $125 million—the largest donation in its history—to create a research institute for biologically inspired engineering...
Financial Crisis, Faculty Perspectives
For detailed accounts of the panel presentations on the financial crisis...
Bailing Out Finance: How Will It End?
Safra professor of economics Jeremy C. Stein and University of Chicago economist Anil Kashyap outline the options, as they see them, for the federal government's promised $700-billion bailout for financial firms...