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

Regenerative medicine paper retracted

An important paper in regenerative biology has been retracted after its senior author, associate professor of stem-cell and regenerative biology Amy Wagers, raised concerns.

Harvard economists discuss the financial crisis's aftermath and the road ahead

A panel of Harvard economists addresses the causes of the financial crisis, policy responses, and long-term effects on employment.        

Harvard humanities center endowed

Securing a hub for interdisciplinary discourse

The interdisciplinary social studies concentration celebrates 50 years

The interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration celebrates half a century of applying great thinkers' ideas to the problems of the world.

Can an HIV-infected person safely have a child with an uninfected partner?

Can an HIV-infected person safely have a child with an uninfected partner? Harvard scholars highlight a new approach.

Slide show: a reporter's notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya

A reporter's notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya

Thich Nhat Hanh and Lilian Cheung apply mindfulness techniques to eating

Applying ancient Buddhist mindfulness techniques to eating in the modern world

by Cara Feinberg

Michael Greenberg studies molecular-level memory formation and eRNA

Neurobiologist Michael Greenberg investigates how memories form at a molecular level, and discovers a new class of RNA.

Robert Pringle says termite-mound distribution reveals ecosystem productivity

Robert Pringle says the grid-like distribution of Kenyan termite mounds helps answer an old question about ecosystems.

by Samuel Bjork

David Scadden studies cellular environments, seeking the origins of cancer

David Scadden studies the environmental cues that can cause normal cells to become diseased.

by Jonathan Shaw