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.
When Capital Trumps Labor
In the antebellum South, slavery was paired with modern business practices.
Durba Mitra studies gender in South Asia
Harvard’s first professor appointed solely in gender studies
William Morris Davis
Brief life of William Morris Davis, pioneering geomorphologist
“Rebellious Lawyering” author Gerald López: a profile
Gerald López’s radical theory—and practice
“Shifting Sands”: photos from the Peabody Museum
Family snapshots of living off the land, in the Kalahari
Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon in the Spotlight
Fresh efforts to understand the writer’s history and craft
Unequal Distribution of Incomes
The worrisome distribution of the fruits of American economic growth
Visualizing the World at the Harvard Map Collection
Maps can be applied to straightforward ends; they can also be fanciful, surprising, or plain weird.
Is Arsenic a Key Ingredient in the Battle Against Cancer?
Despite its toxic reputation, arsenic may play a key role in the battle against cancer.
by Oset Babür
Why Are Women More Likely to Survive Heart Attacks When Treated by Female MDs?
The “glass ceiling” in the operating room
by Oset Babür