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
“No Going Back to Normal”
Addressing the complexities of children’s mental health
by Jacob Sweet
Richard Evans Schultes
Brief life of a pioneering ethnobotanist and conservationist: 1915-2001
by Mark J. Plotkin
Telling Humanity’s Story through DNA
Geneticist David Reich rewrites the ancient human past.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Black Hole at the Center of the Galaxy
Scientists affiliated with the Event Horizon Telescope publish the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
by Jonathan Shaw
“Ukraine Today, Taiwan Tomorrow?”
The East Asian implications of the Russia-Ukraine War
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard’s Slave Legacy
A searching examination of the places kept “outside history,” and steps to come to terms with the University’s past
by Lydialyle Gibson
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Seven Scholars
Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
by Jacob Sweet
Authoritarian Regimes’ AI Innovation Advantage
Unfettered access to personal data may give Chinese companies an edge in artificial intelligence.
by Daniel Oberhaus
How the Pandemic Killed the Uninfected
COVID-19’s toll on black patients extends to those who never got the virus.
by Erin O’Donnell
Decoding the Alphaviruses
New research identifies the cellular receptors for Eastern Equine Encephalitis and two related viruses.
by Jonathan Shaw