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
“Soft” Robots: The Starfish Variation
By squeezing under obstacles, new robots can navigate tricky terrain.
Pioneering HMS Burns Specialist John Burke Has Died
The artificial skin he helped develop has helped save many lives.
Professor of Organizational Behavior Paul Lawrence Dies
The pioneering professor at Harvard Business School died November 1 at age 89.
The Ginkgo’s Secrets: A Video
Ginkgo expert Peter Del Tredici shares tidbits about his favorite "living fossil."
Wealth Inequality: A Harvard Take
Michael Norton surveys Harvard alumni perceptions and preferences about wealth distribution.
Far Away
An undergraduate travels to Namibia in the hope that, by flinging herself to a faraway place, she will figure things out.
by Katherine Xue
How the Web Affects Memory
Psychology professor Daniel Wegner has found that access to information online changes what people remember.
by Alexander Bloom
What We Know About Wealth
Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton finds Americans prefer a more equal distribution of wealth.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
Life: The Edited Version
George Church has developed tools for large-scale editing of the genome as fast and easy as word processing.
by Courtney Humphries
A Bet and a Black Hole
Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics confirm the presence of a black hole in the constellation Cygnus.
by Jonathan Shaw