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

The rise in the use of C-sections in recent decades

The rise in the use of C-sections

Helen Vendler on admitting and nurturing creative undergraduates

Helen Vendler on how to welcome and nurture the poets and painters of the future

Mercury pollution in the Arctic flows from Russian rivers says Daniel Jacob

Arctic mercury pollution flows from rivers, not the atmosphere.

The general social survey has documented American attitudes since 1970

The General Social Survey asks Americans about issues from race to free speech, confirming some trends and contradicting popular reports of others.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Harvard news: Grad School dean Xiao-Li Meng, Marc Hauser, rugby, and more

Harvard news: Graduate School dean Xiao-Li Meng, Marc Hauser, University Professor Eric Maskin, and more

Harvard economics professor Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley ’44 share Nobel prize

A faculty member and an alumnus are recognized for work on the design of markets and matching theory.

Michael Wang '03 creates micrograph art of artificially produced stem cells

Michael Wang's Differentiation Series, a sequence of micrograph images of artificially produced stem cells, is on display at the Carpenter Center through October 7.

Harvard professor finds new Christian gospel fragment refers to Jesus's wife

A papyrus fragment interpreted by Hollis professor Karen L. King quotes Jesus speaking of "my wife."

Chefs Joan and Jordi Roca speak at Harvard's Science and Cooking lecture series

Two top chefs combine molecular techniques with traditional Catalan cuisine.

Research misconduct by former Harvard professor Marc Hauser reported

Federal investigative agency reports on former Harvard psychology professor’s work