Faculty

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

Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention

The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.

by Jonathan Shaw

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...

Repressed Memory

Are some experiences so horrific that the human brain seals them away, only to recall them years later? The concept of “repressed...

Tinker, Tailor, Robot, Fly

Small, winged insects have a reputation for accidentally buzzing into closed windows or swooping into your eye during a bike ride. But the...

When Farmers Met Foragers

A question mark has long hovered over human transitions from hunting and gathering to farming: did agriculture spread by communication—in...

by Jonathan Shaw

Litmus Test for a Law

Until the mid 1980s, victims of domestic abuse who called the police could expect the officers to do little more than tell the abusive spouse to...

Taking Stock of Celebrity

For Anita Elberse, whose latest research investigates the impact of big-name stars on films’ revenues, pop culture and rigorous analysis...

by Elizabeth Gudrais

A Spectrum of Disorders

When Alison finally heard her son Matthew’s diagnosis, she had already spent a night on the Web, terrifying herself, as she puts it...

Girl Power

When Dan Kindlon watches the Tigers play softball, he sees the legacy of feminism for girls. “My daughter’s concentrating on...

by Harbour Fraser ...