Faculty
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
Harvard study: termite mounds circulate air, sneezing once a day
Physicists look into the function of towering termite mounds.
Visualizing Broadway
Derek Miller hopes data will shake up the field of theater history.
Daniel Aaron is profiled by Christoph Irmscher
Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.
Michael Porter of HBS on the Social Progress Index
Measuring the economic growth of nations is not enough, says Harvard Business School’s Michael Porter.
by Laura Levis
Scenes from the 25th Ig Nobel Prizes at Harvard
Run-up to this year's Ig Nobel ceremony: an on-the-scene report.
by Bailey Trela
Harvard School of Public Health researchers track dengue fever using big data
A School of Public Health study uses cell-phone records to predict the spread of dengue fever.
by Zara Zhang
Harvard launches design engineering degree
Two Harvard faculties collaborate, aiming to solve real-world problems.
Harvard Business School studies: online sharing can help people, hurt businesses
According to two HBS studies, sharing can benefit individuals but hurt businesses.
by Laura Levis
Brief life of Harvard astronomer William Cranch Bond, by Alan Hirshfeld
Brief life of Harvard's first astronomer: 1789-1859
Joseph Rock and his plant-collecting adventures in 1920s China
An adventuresome Arnold Arboretum botanizer's heroics in 1920s China