Faculty & Community
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
Permission to Know
The Undergraduate explores the ethics of gathering knowledge.
by Julie Chung
The Science of Sex
Historian and philosopher Sarah Richardson interrogates the science of sex and gender.
by Bennett McIntosh
William Kaelin Wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Kaelin is the forty-ninth Harvard faculty member to win the Nobel.
"Smarter, Stronger, Kinder"
Sesame Street celebrates a 50-year collaboration with Harvard.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Learning, and Teaching, As Peers
The eighth annual conference of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching
by Jonathan Shaw
Mitrovica Named a MacArthur Fellow
The geophysicist has pioneered the understanding that sea-level rise around the globe will vary significantly depending on crustal dynamics and gravitational forces.
by Jonathan Shaw
Scholars Advocate “Managed Retreat”—Before Climate Change Sinks Coastlines
The question is no longer if, but when and how.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Crows Know How to Have Fun
Surprising research about highly adept birds making and using tools
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Debt Reliever
Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.
by Nina Pasquini
From the Archives: The Talent for Aging Well
George E. Vaillant's generational research on Harvard men unveils the differences that distinguish the "happy-well" from the "sad-sick" in later life.
by Craig Lambert