Faculty
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
Five Questions with Michèle Duguay
A Harvard scholar of music theory on how streaming services have changed the experience of music
Nations fail due to institutional corruption, not geography, says James Robinson
James Robinson says that in the modern period, greedy leaders and institutional corruption, rather than geography, explain why some nations fail.
Videos of student projects from Jeffrey Schnapp's "Library Test Kitchen" course
Watch videos of Library Test Kitchen student projects, including a WiFi cold spot, a Neo-Carrel sleeping chair, and “library friend” Biblio.
Jeffrey Schnapp's Library Test Kitchen course tries out new ideas for libraries
An innovative course yields new products, services, and experiences that model the possible future of libraries.
Harvard’s new Memorial Church minister, Jonathan Walton, and other newsmakers
Memorial Church's new minister, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other Harvardians in the news
Harvard's Alexandar Keyssar analyzes voter suppression measures
Voting rights and partisan practices in a highly contested election year
Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson urge compromise in U.S. politics
Continuous campaigning and gridlocked governing in American politics
Lawrence Lessig explains how money corrupts Congress
Lawrence Lessig thinks American democracy requires a constitutional overhaul to counter the “economy of influence.”
Radcliffe fellow Trethewey named poet laureate
Natasha Trethewey was a 2001 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.
Kathryn Edin explains the increase in births out of wedlock
Kathryn Edin of Harvard Kennedy School explains why more and more American children are born out of wedlock.
Harvard awards eight honorary degrees at Commencement 2012
Eight awarded honorary degrees at 361st Commencement exercises