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

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard’s Nobel Prize Incubator

The Harvard University Bio Labs, home to 10 Nobel laureates on floor three and two on floor four

by Richard Losick

How Physics Can Be Used to Manipulate a Coin Toss

How a coin toss can be uniquely rigged – and can demonstrate probability’s role in reducing uncertainty.

by Olivia Farrar

America’s Housing Problem—Explained

How zoning reforms could address a crisis that squeezes the poor and the middle class

by Jonathan Shaw

How Technology Shapes Elections, Privacy, and Democracy

Latanya Sweeney confronts our all-consuming “technocracy.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

How Does the Brain Interpret Language in Real-Time?

New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.

by Jonathan Shaw

Do Ivy League Athletes Outperform in Careers?

How does undergraduate participation in varsity sports enhance career success?

by Jonathan Shaw

Using Generative AI to Predict Viral Mutations and Develop Vaccines

Biomedical researchers are using AI to survey the viral landscape.

by Nina Pasquini

American Jewish Life After October 7

Professors Derek Penslar and Noah Feldman reflect on a difficult year

by Max J. Krupnick

Gary Ruvkun Shares Nobel Prize in Medicine

Harvard Medical School genetics professor honored  

by John S. Rosenberg

How to Reform Healthcare

104 Harvard thought leaders outline medicine’s unmet needs.

by Olivia Farrar