Best choice for photography curator

Harvard Art Museums bring in ‘innovative thinker and passionate advocate’
Recognition for their discoveries

Harvard researchers receive Breakthrough Prizes
The return of Winthrop House

Early completion of Beren Hall and renewal of the rest means all students will be back in fall
Ensuring high standards

Harvard will evaluate its effectiveness on the road to reaccreditation
Soft robot helps the heart beat

Sleeve attaches directly around the heart

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the largest division of the University, is dedicated to being
at the forefront of teaching and learning and fostering cutting edge research and discovery.

Science

A new approach to developing catalysts spearheaded by Harvard researchers promises to revolutionize the speed, efficacy, and environmental impact of catalysis.

Seeking a breakthrough on catalysts

January 12, 2017

They have been a fundamental part of modern industry for more than a century, but the development of new catalysts to speed chemical processes has remained frustratingly hit-or-miss. Read more about Seeking a breakthrough on catalysts

Harvard students, meet the Stone Age

Students taking part in a new freshman seminar class learn to appreciate the sophistication of Neanderthals by manufacturing their own stone tools from scratch.

Social Science

Charles Maier, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History

The borders between us

January 10, 2017

To read Charles Maier’s new book, “Once Within Borders: Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging Since 1500,” is to take a bird’s-eye flight across five centuries of geopolitical history, to witness how societies have regarded and apportioned space on this planet. Read more about The borders between us

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Arts and Humanities

Assistant Professor of English Derek Miller

Even in ‘Hamilton,’ a glimpse of mediocrity

January 17, 2017

New research by Derek Miller, an assistant professor of English, spotlights Broadway productions “that are not outstanding either in their glory or their failure, but were born and died decidedly average.” Read more about Even in ‘Hamilton,’ a glimpse of mediocrity

The world’s tiniest radio

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have made the world’s smallest radio receiver – built out of an assembly of atomic-scale defects in pink diamonds.