Faculty & Research

Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.

Isaac Kohlberg to Step Down as Head of Harvard Technology Development

Partnerships and licensing office could become more critical as funding cuts loom

by Jonathan Shaw

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