Faculty

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

FAS Readies for Administrative Transition

Faculty leaders say layoffs will yield $20 million in annual savings.

by Joanna M Weiss

Brief life of Henry Knowles Beecher, anesthetist and late-blooming ethicist

Brief life of a late-blooming ethicist: 1904-1976

by Jack El-Hai

The largest flower in the world is a parasite

Exploring the genetic mysteries of a gigantic parasite

by Jonathan Shaw

Isaac Silvera and Ranga Dias Create Metallic Hydrogen

Metallic hydrogen would be a fundamental breakthrough that could revolutionize energy use, space exploration and more.

by Jonathan Shaw

Soft robot sleeve hugs heart

A new robotic device could restore the ability to pump blood in patients with heart failure.

by Jonathan Shaw

This Singer sewing machine has many facets

The multifaceted global and interdisciplinary impact of a useful object

Evolution unleashed

David R. Liu has harnessed evolution to lab experiments.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard studies how spirituality affects patients’ experience at the end of life

A Harvard initiative studies how spirituality affects patients’ experience at the end of life

Jennifer Lewis's quest for a 3-D printed kidney

3-D-printing pioneer Jennifer Lewis aims to fabricate replacement organs.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Deidre Lynch on Jane Austen and loving literature

Deidre Lynch on the cult of Jane Austen and the complexities of loving literature

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Ukrainian-language collections housed at Harvard

One of the largest Ukrainian-language collections in the world, housed at Harvard

by Marina N. Bolotnikova