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

Pioneering burns surgeon John Burke, a creator of synthetic skin, has died

The artificial skin he helped develop has helped save many lives.

Paul Lawrence, Harvard Business School professor, dies at 89

The pioneering professor at Harvard Business School died November 1 at age 89.

Ginkgo expert Peter Del Tredici in action at the Arnold Arboretum | Video

Ginkgo expert Peter Del Tredici shares tidbits about his favorite "living fossil."

Harvard alumni share their wealth distribution preferences in an HBS survey

Michael Norton surveys Harvard alumni perceptions and preferences about wealth distribution.

An undergraduate travels to Namibia to participate in WorldTeach

An undergraduate travels to Namibia in the hope that, by flinging herself to a faraway place, she will figure things out.

by Katherine Xue

Daniel Wegner finds that access to information online changes memory function

Psychology professor Daniel Wegner has found that access to information online changes what people remember.

by Alexander Bloom

Michael Norton of HBS studies wealth inequality perceptions and preferences

Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton finds Americans prefer a more equal distribution of wealth.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

George Church has developed tools for large-scale editing of the genome

George Church has developed tools for large-scale editing of the genome as fast and easy as word processing.

by Courtney Humphries

Cygnus black hole confirmed by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics confirm the presence of a black hole in the constellation Cygnus.

by Jonathan Shaw

Peter Del Tredici of the Arnold Arboretum searches for the wild ginkgo

Peter Del Tredici’s search for the wild ginkgo and the secret of its uniquely long survival

by Jill Jonnes