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

Divestment: Faculty Members Make Their Case

In a private meeting with University leaders and a public forum, faculty group pushes for divestment.

The Civil War’s Personal Histories

A Schlesinger Library exhibit reveals the domestic side of the war.

Propelling Public Health

A transformative endowment gift from Gerald L. Chan and family

University People

A National Medal of Technology for SEAS dean, National Humanities Medalists, MacArthur Fellows, and more

Harvard Portrait: Deborah Anker

A specialist on immigration at Harvard Law School

by Francesca Annic...

Governing in the Smartphone Era

Harnessing civic data makes governments more responsive to citizens.

by Stephanie Garlock

Making Organizations Moral

Max Bazerman wants leaders to take notice of ethical challenges.

by Sophia Nguyen

The New Histories

Scholars pursue sweeping new interpretations of the human past.

by Jonathan Shaw

Vita: John Muir

Brief life of a Scottish-American conservationist: 1838-1914

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

The Caribbean Zola

Orlando Patterson may be the last of Harvard sociology’s big thinkers.

by Craig Lambert