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
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
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