Faculty & Research


Plans for a Faculty Senate Move Forward

And annual awards for excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, and scholarship

by Jonathan Shaw

New Applied Science Degree

The master’s in computational science and engineering launches in 2013.

A Note to Our Readers - Lawrence Lessig Q&A

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Thinking Outside the Pack

Robert Proctor’s Golden Holocaust urges abolition of cigarettes, the leading preventable cause of death.

Why Nations Fail

James Robinson says that in the modern period, greedy leaders and institutional corruption, rather than geography, explain why some nations fail.

Videos from the Library Test Kitchen

Watch videos of Library Test Kitchen student projects, including a WiFi cold spot, a Neo-Carrel sleeping chair, and “library friend” Biblio.

The Library Test Kitchen

An innovative course yields new products, services, and experiences that model the possible future of libraries.

by Jonathan Shaw

University People

Memorial Church's new minister, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other Harvardians in the news

Voter Suppression Returns

Voting rights and partisan practices in a highly contested election year

by Alexander Keyssar

The Case for Compromise

Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics

by Amy Gutmann , Dennis Thompson

A Radical Fix for the Republic

Lawrence Lessig thinks American democracy requires a constitutional overhaul to counter the “economy of influence.”

by Jonathan Shaw