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
Frontiers...
Activity tracking to identify the at-risk elderly, and China’s offshore windfarm potential
by Jonathan Shaw
Susan Murphy
Portrait of a hockey-playing statistician—from Louisiana
by Lydialyle Gibson
Will Truth Prevail?
A student scientist contemplates power and the denial of scholarship.
by Drew Pendergrass
From Lewis and Clark to Michael Brown
Walter Johnson’s radical history of St. Louis
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Brief life of a breakthrough astronomer: 1900-1979
by Donovan Moore
Resolving Inflammation
An HMS symposium highlights the immune system’s role in ending inflammation.
by Jonathan Shaw
How Deforestation Damages Even the Rainforests That Survive It
The world needs tropical forests—but rainforest destruction continues unabated, and it may be even worse than you thought.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Karen Dynan on the Coronavirus Recession
The severe economic fallout, in context
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
African and African-American Studies Celebrates 50 Years
Speakers discuss history, progress, hope, and home.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Cooperating to Combat Coronavirus
As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.
by Jonathan Shaw