Faculty

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

How to Care for Patients in AI-Driven Medicine

Harvard’s Arthur Kleinman reflects on what’s lost when healthcare systems prioritize efficiency.

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard Portrait: Mayra Rivera

How apocalyptic narratives help make sense of the modern world

by Lydialyle Gibson

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

The Voter-Fraud Disinformation Campaign

A White House-led effort to recast public discourse 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Immigrant Stories, in Song

Sociologist Roberto Gonzales’s research is becoming a musical.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Major Disparity in Massachusetts Criminal Justice

Harvard Law School researchers identify the mechanisms that lead to longer sentences for nonwhite defendants.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The challenges of researching the pandemic’s effects on pregnant women

The challenges of researching the pandemic’s effects on pregnant women

by Matteo Wong

Blaschka Glass Sea Creatures Rendered in 3D

Complementary imaging techniques combine to create 3-D models that virtual visitors can examine from any angle.

by Matteo Wong