Faculty & Research
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
Mary Ellen Avery
Brief life of a groundbreaking neonatologist: 1927-2011
by Amalie M. Kass , Eleanor G. Shore
A New Green Revolution?
Abundant food and better than ever?
by Jonathan Shaw
Tuning In to Urban Noise
Erica Walker aims to put “tools and data into the hands of people who can use it.”
by Nell Porter-Brown
Researchers Find Earliest Known Human Fossil Outside Africa
Humans began leaving Africa at least 50,000 years earlier than previously thought.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Toward a Zika Vaccine
Harvard’s Dan Barouch finds long-term Zika vaccine efficacy varies by delivery method.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Geopolitical Windfall?
The United States is finally in a position of energy dominance, but its ability to harness this boom is fraught with challenges.
by Oset Babür
The New Rub on Knee Pain
Neither increased obesity nor longevity explains the doubling of knee osteoarthritis since World War II.
by Jonathan Shaw
A New Challenge for Antitrust
An increasing consolidation of ownership in health care
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Samuel Huntington, Prophet
A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist
by John S. Rosenberg
Botanizing in the “Mother of Gardens”
The hunt for rare plants in China
by Jonathan Shaw