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
The senior associate provost and chief technology development officer will retire at the end of 2025.
by Jonathan Shaw
Life’s Beginnings
Studying how life bloomed on Earth—and might emerge elsewhere
by Courtney Humphries
Intergenerational Social Mobility Varies by Region
Economists ask what factors help children rise out of poverty.
Systematic Drug Discovery
The new Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science seeks a better basis for drug development.
by Katherine Xue
Brevia
Harvard news: the Marathon bombing, earnings update, galvanizing gifts, primate-center closure, and more
The Social Life of Memory
The part of the brain that stores memories also actively predicts the future behavior of others.
by Peter Saalfield
Mapping the Way to a Brain Survey
A project to map the brain is "the biggest challenge of the century."
by Courtney Humphries
Buffering the Sun
David Keith and the question of climate engineering
by Erin O'Donnell
Anatomy of the Euro Crisis
The political economy of a continent at cross-purposes
by Peter A. Hall
Social Impact Bonds
Creative partnerships between government, non-profits, and investors may lead to more effective social services spending.
Addressing a Decline in Humanities Enrollment
How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports