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.
Harvard Portrait: Roxanne Guenette
Seeking answers to science’s biggest questions
Jeannie Suk Gersen of Harvard Law School, profiled by Lydialyle Gibson
Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”
Isabel Wilkerson speaks at Harvard about racism storytelling and public health
Author Isabel Wilkerson kicks off a Harvard speaker series on storytelling and public health.
Peabody Museum Discovers Possible Slave Remains in Its Collections
“We must begin to confront the reality of a past in which academic curiosity and opportunity overwhelmed humanity,” Harvard president Lawrence Bacow wrote.
Fast-spreading coronavirus variants raise concerns
Despite vaccines, Harvard scientists warn, more-transmissible variants make COVID-19 harder to control.
President Bacow on innovation in Allston
As SEAS moves to Allston, President Bacow highlights the University’s newest innovation hub.
Inducing immunity to cancer
An implantable cancer vaccine shows promise in training the immune system to attack tumors.
Asset bubbles and credit growth precede financial crises.
Contrary to expert belief, some financial crises can be predicted—and perhaps averted.
Fine-tuning acupuncture to heal, not harm
“Fine-tuning” acupuncture, an ancient practice to heal, not harm
Harvard Portrait: Cassandra Albinson
A curator takes a fresh look at portraits of aristocratic European women.