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

Xiao-Li Meng Appointed Dean of Harvard’s Graduate School

The statistics professor succeeds Allan Brandt.

Sharkskin Swimsuits’ Surface Swifter?

Research by Harvard ichthyologist George Lauder suggests otherwise.

Playing Nice in the Sandbox

RockSalt software improves app security.

Calorie-burning “Beige Fat” Identified

Cells isolated at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute may aid anti-obesity efforts.

Reinhart Named Professor at Kennedy School

The coauthor of the bestseller This Time is Different arrived July 1.

Writing through the Haze

A young journalist gains experience in Chile.

by Andrew Chow

Pottery Predates Agriculture

Ofer Bar-Yosef dates pottery in China to 20,000 years ago, 10 millennia before the invention of agriculture.

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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