Faculty
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
Five Questions with Andrew Knoll
A paleontologist on how to understand Earth’s biggest extinction event
Five Questions with Professor Jia Liu
Harvard bioengineer on AI in brain-machine interfaces, and using technology to treat disease
How Harvard is Tackling Methane Emissions to Combat Climate Change
How Harvard scientists hope to slow near-term climate change
The Rights of Nature
A Harvard course explores legal personhood for natural beings.
Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart
“Sustainable eating,” and healthy recipes you can prepare for the holidays.
Designing for “Changing Climates”
An exhibit on landscape architect Bas Smets
How Our Planet’s Trees Use Carbon
From the Amazon rainforest to shrubs planted around city streets, trees influence the earth’s temperature.
Celebrating the Farlow Herbarium’s Centennial
Harvard’s Farlow Herbarium at 100
The Evolutionary Case for Exercise
The off-label prescription from our hunter-gatherer ancestors
Harvard’s Nobel Prize Incubator
The Harvard University Bio Labs, home to 10 Nobel laureates on floor three and two on floor four
How Physics Can Be Used to Manipulate a Coin Toss
How a coin toss can be uniquely rigged – and can demonstrate probability’s role in reducing uncertainty.