Faculty

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

How to Care for Patients in AI-Driven Medicine

Harvard’s Arthur Kleinman reflects on what’s lost when healthcare systems prioritize efficiency.

by Olivia Farrar

Short profile of David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine

David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, works in both history and medicine.

A Harvard Business School exhibition on early trade with China

An exhibition from Harvard Business School's historical library collections documents the first wave of U.S. trade with imperial China.

Harry Lewis on the Genesis of CS 20, an innovative computer science course

Anatomy of a new course—and a new approach to teaching it

by Harry R. Lewis

Andrea Louise Campbell reviews The Unheavenly Chorus, on skewed political power

Andrea Louise Campbell reviews The Unheavenly Chorus, by Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry E. Brady.

by Andrea Louise C...

Shawn Douglas of the Wyss Institute develops cancer-fighting nanorobots

Shawn Douglas of the Wyss Institute is developing drug-delivering machines that target designated cells.

Rutin, a substance found in apples, has powerful anticlotting effects

Rutin, a substance found in apples, could help prevent heart attacks and stroke.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Philosopher and scientist Robert O. Doyle has a new model of free will

Robert O. Doyle proposes a two-stage, “Jamesian,” model of free will.

by Craig Lambert

Xiao-Li Meng is the new dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

The statistics professor succeeds Allan Brandt.

Does “Sharkskin” Swimwear Make You Faster?

Research by Harvard ichthyologist George Lauder suggests otherwise.