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

by Olivia Farrar

Modeling suicide risk

Traditional methods of preventing suicide have been ineffective, says psychologist Matthew Nock.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Profile of historian Elizabeth Hinton

A scholar of race, justice, and public policy

by Sophia Nguyen

Brief life of Henry Knowles Beecher, anesthetist and late-blooming ethicist

Brief life of a late-blooming ethicist: 1904-1976

by Jack El-Hai

The largest flower in the world is a parasite

Exploring the genetic mysteries of a gigantic parasite

by Jonathan Shaw

Isaac Silvera and Ranga Dias Create Metallic Hydrogen

Metallic hydrogen would be a fundamental breakthrough that could revolutionize energy use, space exploration and more.

by Jonathan Shaw

Soft robot sleeve hugs heart

A new robotic device could restore the ability to pump blood in patients with heart failure.

by Jonathan Shaw

This Singer sewing machine has many facets

The multifaceted global and interdisciplinary impact of a useful object

Crowdsourcing solutions

Harvard’s Crowd Innovation Lab studies what motivates crowds to solve problems.

by Michael Fitzgerald

Tax Collection and Civil Society

Paying Pakistani tax collectors for better performance to increase tax revenue

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Evolution unleashed

David R. Liu has harnessed evolution to lab experiments.

by Jonathan Shaw