Faculty

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

Martin Nowak Placed on Leave a Second Time

Further links to Jeffrey Epstein surface in newly released files

by Jonathan Shaw

Economic damages of pandemic estimated at $16 trillion

Economic damage makes a compelling argument for robust federal policies to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

by Jonathan Shaw

Alumnus Robert B. Wilson shares Economics Nobel

A scholar and his student share their field’s best-known honor.

by Jean Martin

Harvard libraries welcome volunteers’ help with historical manuscripts

Volunteer transcribers help make Harvard library documents accessible.

by Diane E. Booton

Can solar geoengineering slow climate change?

Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term fallout

by Jonathan Shaw

Review of Martin Puchner’s “The Language of Thieves”

A German American scholar is unsettled by an ancestor’s secret.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Review of new Putnam and Garrett book, “The Upswing,” by Idrees Kahloon

In search of optimism, a sweeping interpretation of American social history

by Idrees Kahloon

When spending on social programs pays

Economic analysis of U.S. government spending shows that some social programs more than pay for themselves.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

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

by Lydialyle Gibson