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.
Should Convicted Felons Serve on Juries?
A prosecutor and a defense attorney say, “Yes.”
The Context: Daniel Lieberman on Food Addiction
Framing the news with our best articles on diet and health
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard to Launch Quantum Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program
Renovation of 60 Oxford Street will create a quantum hub where theorists and engineers work side by side.
The Third Way
Ellen Langer rejects binary thinking, embracing instead a “third way.”
Financial and mental health are linked
Around the globe, Vikram Patel finds, improvements in financial or mental health support both.
Musician and professor Braxton Shelley
A gospel scholar shapes music theory.
by Jacob Sweet
Community-engaged research lessons for students via Harvard’s Mindich Program
The Undergraduate learns about making knowledge mutual.
Sandra Susan Smith, profiled by Marina Bolotnikova
Sandra Susan Smith studies work and incarceration in an unequal, atomized America.
Andrew Knoll, “A Brief History of Earth,” reviewed by Jonathan Shaw
Andrew Knoll on the planet’s past—and fraught future
Why Petitioning is Vital for Democracies
Petitioning campaigns are a vital complement to democratic voting.