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. 

by Schuyler Velasco

Grass-roots organizing is focus of new book

Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet

Frank Hu confronts the triple threats of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.

by Jacob Sweet

A Gut Renovation for U.S. Labor Law

A Harvard Law School initiative calls for rewriting labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.” 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Human impact on New England ecology was minimal before Europeans arrived

Before Europeans arrived in New England, local ecology was driven by climate shifts, not by human interventions.

by Jonathan Shaw

Astronomers name interstellar “ripple” the “Radcliffe Wave”

The massive “Radcliffe Wave” traces a new map of the sky.

by Bennett McIntosh

Systems biology helps develop a promising diagnostic

A potential “paradigm shift” in developing new diagnostic tests in mental health

by Erin O’Donnell

David Deming on tuition-free public college underwritten by existing funds

David Deming says existing federal higher-education subsidies, if redeployed, could make public colleges free.

by Cherone Duggan

Demographic distortions will require eldercare solutions

Can technology coupled with cultural understanding improve the health and wellness of the elderly?

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Portrait: Shawon Kinew

Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Finding beauty in the complexities of applied science

The Undergraduate finds beauty in the complexities of applied science.

by Drew Pendergrass