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

Mara Prentiss of Harvard says, for efficiency, electrify the energy economy

Why the United States may be on the cusp of an energy revolution

by Jonathan Shaw

Brief life of naturalist Thomas Nuttall, by John Nelson

Brief life of a pioneering naturalist: 1786-1859

by John Nelson

Harvard’s Sendhil Mullainathan on behavior and poverty

A behavioral economist’s fresh perspectives on poverty

by Cara Feinberg

Peabody museum curators discuss archaeology of Harvard Yard project

Archaeologists examine printing type found deep in Harvard Yard.

by Stephanie Garlock

Harvard MOOC online learning lessons from edX

Harvard and MIT researchers mine masses of data about online learning—and begin to address applications to campus classrooms.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard professors, journalist Nate Cohn discuss data and voting rights

Why good data are essential to understanding the Voting Rights Act

by Stephanie Garlock

Beckert's “Empire of Cotton” Wins a Bancroft Prize in History

His Empire of Cotton: A Global History puts slavery in an international context.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard addresses climate change and divestment

A campus focus on global warming

by John S. Rosenberg

HMS Ebola conference emphasizes importance of basic supportive care

At a Harvard Medical School conference, experts discussed lessons from the epidemic.

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard researchers have found neurons that that play a role in consciousness

A newly identified group of neurons that play a role in consciousness may have implications for the treatment of schizophrenia.

by Laura Levis