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Designing for “Changing Climates”

An exhibit on landscape architect Bas Smets

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Purchasing Renewable Energy

Harvard enters partnership to advance sustainability goals.

University News |

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A Focus on the Future

Pursuing sustainability, Harvard lays the groundwork for campus-wide electrification.

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How Planet Earth’s Trees Use Carbon

From the Amazon rainforest to shrubs planted around city streets, trees influence the earth’s temperature.

Science & Technology |

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Silent Study-Ins

Harvard library protests challenge University regulations.

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Harvard player #16 runs with the ball with Penn players in pursuit

Football |

Football: Harvard 31- Penn 28

A relief pitcher leads the Crimson to a title share. And now…The Game!

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A Potter’s Practice

Harvard ceramics program artist-in-residence Ashton Keen

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University People
November-December 2024

The Will of the Donor

How gifts shape student experiences, in often unseen ways

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Right Now
November-December 2024

Why Ivy Athletes Score in Careers

How does undergraduate participation in varsity sports enhance career success?

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Montage
November-December 2024

What You Can Say, Singing

Liv Redpath’s operatic trajectory

Amanda Claybaugh in academic robes and cap speaking at a podium

The College Pump
November-December 2024

New Traditions

Connecting contemporary “intellectual virtues” to Harvard’s traditions  

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Harvard Magazine sorts through news and commentary in other media and shares diverse views with you. Learn more.

What a Lame Duck President Could Do for Lame Turkeys

The New York Times | 11.22.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Animal Liberation

Trump’s Immigration Plans Could Bring an Economic Toll

The New York Times | 11.13.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Immigrant Workers— America’s Engine?

AI’s hunger for electric power is threatening U.S. climate goals

The Washington Post | 11.21.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Should AI Be Scaled Down?

Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.

The New York Times | 11.19.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Can New Drugs Help Millions of Americans with Obesity?

Two Apartment Buildings Were Planned. Only One Went Up.

The New York Times | 11.19.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Home Unaffordable Home

‘Left in shambles’: Former Harvard hockey coach Katey Stone opposes request to dismiss her discrimination case

The Boston Globe | 11.19.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Former Women’s Hockey Coach Sues Harvard

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Harvard in the headlines

Harvard Magazine sorts through news and commentary in other media and shares diverse views with you. Learn more.

What a Lame Duck President Could Do for Lame Turkeys

The New York Times | 11.22.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Animal Liberation

Trump’s Immigration Plans Could Bring an Economic Toll

The New York Times | 11.13.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Immigrant Workers— America’s Engine?

AI’s hunger for electric power is threatening U.S. climate goals

The Washington Post | 11.21.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Should AI Be Scaled Down?

Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.

The New York Times | 11.19.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Can New Drugs Help Millions of Americans with Obesity?

Read more articles

Harvard in the headlines

Harvard Magazine sorts through news and commentary in other media and shares diverse views with you. Learn more.

What a Lame Duck President Could Do for Lame Turkeys

The New York Times | 11.22.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Animal Liberation

Trump’s Immigration Plans Could Bring an Economic Toll

The New York Times | 11.13.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Immigrant Workers— America’s Engine?

AI’s hunger for electric power is threatening U.S. climate goals

The Washington Post | 11.21.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Should AI Be Scaled Down?

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An illustration of foods included in the portfolio diet.

Right Now
May-June 2024

Diversifying Diet

A little-known diet improves cardiovascular health through several distinct mechanisms. 

Portrait of Benjamin Smith Lyman circa 1909

Features
May-June 2024

Benjamin Smith Lyman

Brief life of the vegetarian trailblazer, 1835-1920

Henry Lee Higginson

The College Pump
November-December 2022

Ahead of His Time

The inclusive Henry Lee Higginson, and Robert Caro’s productive fellowship

wintry scene of downtown Vermont's pedestrian shopping zone

Harvard Squared
November-December 2022

Leaning into Winter

Exploring Burlington, Vermont

A collection of abstract geometric paintings hang above a white couch

Montage
November-December 2022

Straight Lines and Odd Angles

Painter Judith Seligson’s creative juxtapositions

Treasure
November-December 2023

Pigskin Programs

The art of Harvard football

Illustration of a box containing a laid-off fossil fuel worker's office belongings

Right Now
November-December 2023

Preparing for the Energy Transition

Expect massive job losses in industries associated with fossil fuels. The time to get ready is now.

Illustration of an apple being pushed from a platform into a sea of colorful microbes

Features
November-December 2023

You Are What (Your Microbes) Eat

Diet, cooking, and the human microbiome