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

New HGSE dean Bridget Terry Long takes stock a year in

New HGSE dean Bridget Terry Long seeks to “expand, double down, and deepen our impact.”

by John S. Rosenberg

Jack Szostak pursues the biggest questions on Earth

Jack Szostak’s pursuit of the biggest questions on Earth

by Erin O’Donnell

Ellen Newbold La Motte

Brief life of a bold activist: 1873-1961

by Cynthia Wachtell

Dani Rodrik profiled by Marina Bolotnikova

Dani Rodrik’s views on trade, development, and democracy enter the mainstream.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

DNA testing leads Stuart Schreiber to welcome answers

A scientist discovers his own family’s secrets.

by Stuart L. Schreiber

Edward S. Steinfeld reviews Ezra Vogel’s “China and Japan: Facing History”

The parallel, perilous, histories of China and Japan

The short-term investing trap

Long-term investors fall to short-term thinking.

by Jacob Sweet

Exploring the secret lives of cervids

Ecologists aim to understand how deer form their home ranges.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard study quantifies disease contributions of genetics and environment

The largest-ever study of twins quantifies the respective influence of genes and environment on specific diseases.

by Erin O’Donnell

Wyss Institute Receives $131 Million to Support Translational Research

A third round of funding by one of Harvard's leading donors

by Jonathan Shaw