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
Open Access proponent Peter Suber, briefly profiled
The open-access proponent works to increase the flow of scholarly information.
Developments in greening Harvard, green cities research, and divestment debates
As debates continue over divestment, Harvard events highlight progress on campus sustainability and climate research.
Harvard Medical School campaign, Steve Ballmer gift
Funding medical research and education, Steve Ballmer boosts computer-science expansion, and arts and teacher-training initiatives
Harvard faculty object to cameras monitoring attendance
An experiment in monitoring students’ engagements with lectures runs afoul of faculty concerns about the sanctity of classrooms.
Small Companies Have an Innovation Edge, except perhaps in the energy space
Small companies innovate better, but in the energy field, large firms may lead.
Is executive function foundational for conceptual learning, Harvard profs ask
Studying the role of “executive function” in learning, in minds young and old
Academic publishing and scholarly communication: a status report
The troubled present and promising future of scholarly communication
Violence against South Asian women and solutions
Addressing the root causes of violence against women in South Asia
by Rohini Pande
Cass Sunstein on the constitution in the 21st century
Cass Sunstein and the modern regulatory state
The people in whom we confide often are not family and friends
Barbers, bartenders, and beauticians are as privy to our secrets as are family and friends.