Faculty

Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.

Five Questions with Michèle Duguay

A Harvard scholar of music theory on how streaming services have changed the experience of music

by Olivia Farrar

Excerpt from “Off the Charts,” by Ann Hulbert

Parents and superkids, then and now  

by Ann Hulbert

Meghan O'Sullivan discusses her new book, "Windfall," on energy policy

The United States is finally in a position of energy dominance, but its ability to harness this boom is fraught with challenges.  

by Oset Babür

Is knee osteoarthritis a mismatch disease?

Neither increased obesity nor longevity explains the doubling of knee osteoarthritis since World War II.   

by Jonathan Shaw

A new challenge for antitrust

An increasing consolidation of ownership in health care  

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Samuel Huntington remembered

A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist

by John S. Rosenberg

A New Cast for the Harvard Semitic Museum

A replica of the Dream Stele, part of Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian’s efforts to revitalize the museum

by Sophia Nguyen

The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead

 A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.

by Gino Del Guercio

Gut Health May Begin in the Mouth

Oral bacteria can lodge in the gut and trigger inflammatory bowel conditions. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Brendan Meade studies earthquakes using artificial neural networks

Machine learning may raise the potential for predicting where—and when—an earthquake might strike.

by Lydialyle Gibson

How climate change can change crop nutrition

How global warming can change crop nutrition

by Marina N. Bolotnikova