Faculty
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
Black Students Speak
Jarvis Givens on two centuries of African American education
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
What Makes Humans Smart?
The critical role of cultural intelligence
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.