Faculty
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
Five Questions with Andrew Knoll
A paleontologist on how to understand Earth’s biggest extinction event
Polishing off Plastic Pollution?
Engineering microbes to metabolize plastic waste
Picking Team Players
A test can identify these productivity-boosting personnel.
Irene Soto Marín
Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.
The Return of History
Ukrainian scholar Serhii Plokhy on the war in his home country
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
Post-COVID Learning Losses
Children face potentially permanent setbacks
When Wildfires Make Your Air Unhealthy
Joseph Allen emphasizes that retreating indoors is an incomplete solution.
Spotting Pollutants from Space
A satellite-mounted instrument developed at the Center for Astrophysics will track air pollution hourly across North America.
Nepotism’s Impact in the Job Market
How connections in blue-collar work disadvantage women and blacks