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
“Hearing Through the Body”
Through cat telephones and electronic dance music, scholars discuss the physical basis of sound.
Skull Walking
Anatomy on view, and the return of Pooh
The Price of Healthy Eating
With changed policies and food supply systems, healthy foods would cost less.
by Jonathan Shaw
Fusing Faculties of Mind
Brain-to-brain interface lets a human control a rat's tail.
by Peter Saalfield
Sex Science and Gender Culture
Sarah Richardson presents a history of the sex chromosomes in science and culture.
by Katherine Xue
Vita: Henry A. Murray
Brief life of a personality psychologist: 1893-1988
by Marshall J. Getz
Why “Big Data” Is a Big Deal
Information science promises to change the world.
by Jonathan Shaw
Nuclear Weapons or Democracy
“Out of ratio” weapons are essentially ungovernable.
by Craig Lambert
Cancer’s Global Toll
A symposium focuses on cancer treatment in the developing world.
Rediscovering the Unconscious
At Harvard, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman discusses decisionmaking with Walmsley University professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard Law School.