Faculty

Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.

Jason Furman: Capitalism Is Working. It Could Work Better.

On Open to Debate, the Harvard economist defended free market competition—with meaningful government involvement. 

by Schuyler Velasco

Harvard in China: connections in medical anthropology, ecological city planning

Ethnographic perspectives on caregiving and Shanghai urban development

Harvard in China: Drew Faust voices hopes for a long and fruitful partnership

The president reflected on Harvard’s educational involvement with China through the years.

"Networked" Web Extra: video and Web-exclusive sidebars on network science

Slime mold demonstrates the power of networks, fanning out to solve a maze and construct a railway map. Video and Web-exclusive sidebars to accompany the feature article "Networked."

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Honors thesis plumbs meltdown

A Harvard honors thesis on the Wall Street meltdown is a source for an important new book on the subject.

Dr. Keith Flaherty's Quest for a Miracle Cancer Drug

The New York Times profiles a Harvard Medical School lecturer's quest for a miracle drug that saves lives—and the lives lost along the way.

Hausmann and Hidalgo find wealthier economies are also more complex

The most prosperous countries have economies that produce a variety of goods.

by Jonathan Shaw

Fighting malaria with evolutionary biology and genomics

Harvard scientists are using genomic tools to fight newly resurgent malaria.

by Courtney Humphries

Changing, Challenging China

A Harvard Magazine roundtable

Emma Dench teaches Roman history and lit

Meet a scholar enthralled by the Romans.