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
Gun Violence: A Public Health Issue
Four Harvard experts convened at the School of Public Health to debate public-health approaches to the topic of gun violence.
Barry Mazur Awarded National Medal of Science
Gade University Professor, eminent mathematician, recognized by President Obama.
edX: The Second Season
New Harvard online courses go beyond quantitative subjects to include "Justice," ancient Greece
A Community Innovation Lab
I-Lab students work in interdisciplinary teams to address urban and civic challenges in the Dudley and Upham’s Corner neighborhoods.
Making Harvard Green
The first University-wide Sustainability Impact Report reveals challenging goals.
Brutish Beginnings
The “mixed multitudes” of early Colonial America—and the Native Americans
by Daniel K. Richter
A Dazzling Flat Lens
Harvard scientists have developed a tiny, lightweight, distortion-free lens that focuses light without glass.
by Jonathan Shaw
Survival of the Cooperative
The breeding behavior of tropical cuckoos, in which unrelated adults share a communal nest, proves an exception to the theory of kin selection.
by W. Barksdale Maynard
Immobile Labor
Land-use restrictions lead to growing income disparities between states, Kennedy School researchers find.
The Placebo Phenomenon
An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine.
by Cara Feinberg