Faculty
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
Five Questions with Michèle Duguay
A Harvard scholar of music theory on how streaming services have changed the experience of music
An electrical engineer and applied mathematician, in brief
For a star electrical engineering professor, it's all about systems.
by Jacob Sweet
Hansjörg Wyss boosts biologically inspired engineering
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.
Historian Elizabeth Hinton: a profile
Historian Elizabeth Hinton probes the roots of a gathering crisis.
David Damrosch promotes world literature
David Damrosch’s literary global reach
Ann Forsyth reviews “Saving America’s Cities” by Lizabeth Cohen
In the history of urban renewal, a glimmer of the possibilities of social policy today
by Ann Forsyth
New addiction risks in the war on smoking
Two public-health veterans warn of new smoking risks, especially for the young.
From the Archives: Animal Research
Every year, scientists use millions of animals—mostly mice and rats—in experiments. The practice provokes passionate debates over the morality and efficacy of such research—and how to make it more humane.
Harvard Scientists Develop Mechanically Active Skin Dressing
Researchers in the lab of Professor David Mooney have developed a wound-dressing design that works like embryonic skin to heal injuries rapidly.
The Movement for Open Syllabi
“It’s kind of like when you go to the library to check out one book, but it’s actually the book next to the book you were looking for that was the important one. A syllabus sets up that opportunity.”
Harvard Testing Tool for Curricular Exploration
Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.