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

Risk-Taking Lizards

How lizards’ behavior influences natural selection

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Tomiko Brown-Nagin to Lead Radcliffe Institute

The legal historian will become dean on July 1. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Behavioral “nudges” boost student performance

Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.

by Jonathan Shaw

Dipayan Ghosh on how Russia hacked its way into our politics

The digital tools advertisers rely on can be easily manipulated to influence public opinion on politics.

by Oset Babür

Harvard researchers discuss Southern politics’ roots in slavery

A new book traces today’s politics back to chattel slavery.

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard’s Bok Players get audiences “below the neck”

A theatre troupe aims for higher ed.

by Sophia Nguyen

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer.

by Jonathan Shaw

Money Can’t Buy Love, But Here’s What Can

New research proves that couples should spend money to increase quality time spent together.

by Oset Babür

How Americans Turned Against Knowledge

Tom Nichols dissects the dangerous antipathy to expertise.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Brief life of Mary Ellen Avery, groundbreaking neonatologist

Brief life of a groundbreaking neonatologist: 1927-2011

by Amalie M. Kass , Eleanor G. Shore