Faculty

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

Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart

“Sustainable eating,” and healthy recipes you can prepare for the holidays.

by Olivia Farrar

FAS shield in the foreground with University Hall in the background

FAS Dean Outlines Preparations for Loss of Federal Funding

“To preserve our mission, we must act now,” Hoekstra says at faculty meeting

by Jonathan Shaw

Microscope examining Harvard Medical School building held by gloved hand, with stethoscope and Harvard shields.

Harvard Research on Hold

Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.

by Nina Pasquini

University Hall

Encouraging Harvard to Resist

Alumni and faculty letters urge Harvard to defend itself and academic freedom.

by Max J. Krupnick

Alice Hamilton in a dark dress with high lace collar, gazing left in a sepia-toned portrait

Alice Hamilton at Harvard—Pioneer for Women in Medicine

Brief life of a public-health pioneer and reformer: 1869-1970

by Daniel Stone

Lisa Iezzoni smiling while riding a motorized wheelchair on a paved path through a grassy area

Addressing Gaps in Care for Patients with Disabilities

Lisa Iezzoni explores the unmet needs of patients with disabilities.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Engraved diagram showing eight ornate cast-iron stoves with chimneys labeled No. 1 to No. 4

The Franklin Stove—A Historical Climate Change Adaptation

Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge

by Joyce E. Chaplin

Abraham Verghese and Atul Gawande, Commencement and Alumni Day speakers

Brief Harvard News Spring 2025

Physician-authors address Commencement and Alumni Day, new School of Education Dean, and more

Silhouette of a head filled with a street map, with a taxi driving into the brain

Why Taxi Drivers Don’t Die of Alzheimer’s

Explaining taxi and ambulance drivers’ protection against Alzheimer’s disease.

by Erin O’Donnell

Jesse Cox smiling at a table with music notes and a book, with drums and cymbals behind him

Harvard Percussionist and Composer Jessie Cox

An experimental percussionist-composer pushing the limits of music

by Lydialyle Gibson

Man in suit blocking smokestack with one hand, holding wind turbine with the other

Making Green Energy Projects Financially Viable

A proposed “green” swap enables decarbonization of emerging market development projects.

by Jonathan Shaw