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

Eighth Annual HILT Conference Focuses on Peer Learning

The eighth annual conference of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard's Jerry X. Mitrovica Awarded MacArthur grant

The geophysicist has pioneered the understanding that sea-level rise around the globe will vary significantly depending on crustal dynamics and gravitational forces. 

by Jonathan Shaw

Scholars Advocate “Managed Retreat” from Flooding Coastlines

The question is no longer if, but when and how. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Crows Know How to Have Fun

Surprising research about highly adept birds making and using tools

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve: helping low-income families deal with debt

Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.

by Nina Pasquini

The Talent for Aging Well

George E. Vaillant's generational research on Harvard men unveils the differences that distinguish the "happy-well" from the "sad-sick" in later life.

by Craig Lambert

New addiction risks in the war on smoking

Two public-health veterans warn of new smoking risks, especially for the young.

by Jonathan Shaw

John Rawls and the remaking of political philosophy

The lasting influence and limitations of John Rawls’s political philosophy

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Isaac Kohane studies exceptional responders

Do patients who defeat cancer hold biological secrets?

by Bennett McIntosh

An electrical engineer and applied mathematician, in brief

For a star electrical engineering professor, it's all about systems.

by Jacob Sweet