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
Bruce Western
Photograph by Jim Harrison Bruce Western His interest in prisons began “almost by accident,” says the new director of the Kennedy...
Retooling Tech Transfer
When physicist Eric Mazur’s research group created a new material called black silicon one day in 1998, he knew right away they were on to...
Science and Sleep on Line
The University’s Office of News and Public Affairs has debuted HarvardScience (https://harvardscience.harvard.edu), a website on...
Making a Case against the Courts
How will Americans know that their Supreme Court is truly dedicated to interpreting the Constitution as the Founding Fathers would wish?...
Global Gains
Photograph by Justin Ide/Harvard News Office Jorge I. Domínguez Harvard’s engagement with the world widened significantly during...
Teaching and Learning Abroad
Mollie wright ’09 expected to spend her summer in Costa Rica teaching English. She was, after all, a volunteer for WorldTeach, a...
Lessons from the SARS Epidemic
The SARS coronavirus epidemic provides lessons in how to combat zoonoses such as Ebola, swine, and avian flu.
The fight to preserve biodiversity in the American West
Gilbert Gale uses all tools at his disposal to fight invasive plants in Western grasslands.
The Slave Rebellion in New York City
Historian Jill Lepore explores the lives of slaves during an alleged eighteenth century uprising
The Aging Enigma
Is aging necessary? Are the wrinkles and gray hair, weakening muscles, neurodegeneration, reduced cardiovascular function, and increased risk of...