In Focus

The Harvard community is exploring ways to ensure that the world’s water—from the vast oceans to a glass of tap water—is healthful, unpolluted, and abundant.

In the average lifetime, a person spends 65% of their time inside their home. Harvard scholars are studying how to improve and evolve this critical part of our lives.

Looking for a good book this summer? The Harvard community has some suggestions.

Our senses help us experience the world around us. Harvard researchers are working to understand, improve, and replicate these sensory organs.

Exercise—from gentle stretches to high-intensity competitions—is an important part of a healthy lifestyle.

Join the celebration for Harvard University’s 373rd Commencement and explore the amazing scholarship of our graduates.

Harvard’s researchers are exploring Earth’s past, predicting its future, and working to understand the hidden mysteries of our home.

Once simple cabinets of curiosity, museums have grown into institutes for preserving, studying, and displaying science, history, and art. Today, as culture-defining institutions, they are working to incorporate more voices and reckon with past practices.

From fending off the common cold to attacking cancer cells, the immune system is an incredibly complicated and crucial part of our survival.

The Harvard community is exploring what civil discourse is, why it’s important, and how we can foster it.

We look back on the scholarship, breakthroughs, discoveries, and awards from the Harvard community in 2023.

Harvard experts are exploring planes, trains, and automobiles in their quest to innovate green travel, improve public transportation, and discover the future of getting from place to place.