Faculty
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
Five Questions with Michèle Duguay
A Harvard scholar of music theory on how streaming services have changed the experience of music
Can dementia’s decline in Europe and the U.S. go global?
Dementia is decreasing in Europe and North America. Why not the rest of the world?
by Matteo Wong
Fast, accurate cancer diagnosis in the developing world
A portable, simple testing technology promises accurate breast-cancer diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries.
by Jordan Smith
Harvard Portrait: Mayra Rivera
How apocalyptic narratives help make sense of the modern world
Harvard libraries welcome volunteers’ help with historical manuscripts
Volunteer transcribers help make Harvard library documents accessible.
Can solar geoengineering slow climate change?
Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term fallout
Review of Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves”
A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.
Review of new Putnam and Garrett book, “The Upswing,” by Idrees Kahloon
In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history
The Voter-Fraud Disinformation Campaign
A White House-led effort to recast public discourse
Immigrant Stories, in Song
Sociologist Roberto Gonzales’s research is becoming a musical.
A Major Disparity in Massachusetts Criminal Justice
Harvard Law School researchers identify the mechanisms that lead to longer sentences for nonwhite defendants.