Faculty & Research


Research on Hold

Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.

by Nina Pasquini

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

Radcliffe Institute Fellow Trethewey Named Poet Laureate

Natasha Trethewey was a 2001 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.

When Having Babies Beats Marriage

Kathryn Edin of Harvard Kennedy School explains why more and more American children are born out of wedlock.

by Kevin Hartnett

Harvard Honors John Adams, Wendy Kopp, Mario Molina, Fareed Zakaria

Eight awarded honorary degrees at 361st Commencement exercises

Harvard Graduate School Honors Daniel Aaron, Nancy Hopkins, and Others

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences confers its 2012 Centennial Medals