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
How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
by Matteo Wong
The Pandemic’s Economic Fallout
How the COVID-19 economic crisis has been fundamentally different from past recessions
by Matteo Wong
Harvard Scientists #Strike4BlackLives
Academia’s reckoning with anti-black racism
by Lydialyle Gibson
Ending an Epidemic
The when and how of vaccines
by Jonathan Shaw
One Small Step for Music
A professor’s interstellar reach
by Jacob Sweet
What’s Become of “Character”?
Marjorie Garber explores the word’s complexity and history.
Electoral Eccentricity
Problematic features of the Electoral College
The Brain-Behavior Link
Researchers hope to tease out the effects of breeding and training on dog brain structure.
by Jonathan Shaw
The Extinction of the Press?
If the press is essential to democracy, what can be done to save news organizations?
by Erin O’Donnell
Cornering COVID-19
A serological test may reveal the COVID-19 virus’s weaknesses—and expose its strategic decoys.
by Bennett McIntosh