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

Harnessing Evolution

David R. Liu has harnessed evolution to lab experiments.

by Jonathan Shaw

Connecting Body and Soul

A Harvard initiative studies how spirituality affects patients’ experience at the end of life

Building Toward a Kidney

3-D-printing pioneer Jennifer Lewis aims to fabricate replacement organs.

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Feelings Ought to Be Investigated”

Deidre Lynch on the cult of Jane Austen and the complexities of loving literature

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Collecting Ukraine

One of the largest Ukrainian-language collections in the world, housed at Harvard

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Radcliffe and the Right

In a fractious election season, the Schlesinger Library held a discussion about ideology, trust, and how to expand its reach.

by Sophia Nguyen

Super Drugs for Super Bugs

New methods for manufacturing antibiotics aim to replenish a dwindling drug pipeline.

by Erin O'Donnell

Global Health at Home

Harvesting innovations from around the world to improve American medical care

by Howard Hiatt , Charles Kenney , Mark Rosenberg

Death Throes

Sibling scholars Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker seek to change how America thinks about capital punishment.

by Lincoln Caplan

Toward Democracy in America

Reviewing a masterwork on the past, and future, of democracy