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
Lighting Up Mount Auburn Street
Another art museum opens—this one, a gallery for African and African-American Art.
by Sophia Nguyen
Harvard Portrait: Peter Suber
The open-access proponent works to increase the flow of scholarly information.
Sustainability Steps
As debates continue over divestment, Harvard events highlight progress on campus sustainability and climate research.
The Campaign Computes
Funding medical research and education, Steve Ballmer boosts computer-science expansion, and arts and teacher-training initiatives
Taking Attendance
An experiment in monitoring students’ engagements with lectures runs afoul of faculty concerns about the sanctity of classrooms.
Company Size Matters
Small companies innovate better, but in the energy field, large firms may lead.
by Erin O'Donnell
Thinking Conceptually
Studying the role of “executive function” in learning, in minds young and old
by Sophia Nguyen
The “Wild West” of Academic Publishing
The troubled present and promising future of scholarly communication
by Craig Lambert
Keeping Women Safe
Addressing the root causes of violence against women in South Asia
by Rohini Pande
The Legal Olympian
Cass Sunstein and the modern regulatory state
by Lincoln Caplan