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
Years of life added by exercise is now quantified by research
New study reveals just how many years of life are added by varying levels of exercise.
Harvard's L. Mahadevan Discovers a New Spring in the Tendrils of a Cucumber
In the plant's tendrils, L. Mahadevan and colleagues discover a new type of spring.
Marc Lipsitch warns against experimentation with modified H5N1 virus
Modified H5N1 could infect a billion people if it escapes the lab.
by David Levin
Harvard's Bruce Western advocates new prison, rehabilitation policies
Sociologist Bruce Western rethinks incarceration in America
Harvard Law's Michael Klarman on gay-marriage litigation and politics
On activism, litigation, and social change in America
Alexander Hamilton Rice, Amazon explorer, by Mark Plotkin
Brief life of an Amazon explorer: 1875-1956
The passion for procedures to fix ailing arteries and hearts may be misguided
How gaps in medical knowledge affect matters of the heart
by Alice Park
Harvard pediatrician Brazelton honored for his commitment to public service
The Harvard pediatrician is honored for his commitment to public service.
Fighting AIDS with Harvard's PEPFAR programs in Bostwana, Tanzania, and Nigeria
A symposium at Harvard School of Public Health reflects on the school's PEPFAR-funded programs in Tanzania, Botswana, and Nigeria.
Harvard faculty experts discuss gun violence as a public-health matter
Four Harvard experts convened at the School of Public Health to debate public-health approaches to the topic of gun violence.