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“Building Bridges” Across Disagreements

Harvard establishes a fund for student projects that create community.

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The Evolutionary Case for Exercise

The off-label prescription from our hunter-gatherer ancestors

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Art Across Borders

At the Lahore Biennale, artists respond to the climate crisis. 

Humanities & Arts |

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Football: Harvard 35-Holy Cross 34

The Crimson outlasts the Crusaders. Next up: Princeton

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Features | November-December 2024

When Technology and Society Clash

Latanya Sweeney confronts our all-consuming “technocracy.”

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Montage | November-December 2024

Harvard, H.H.R., Houghton

Invaluable architectural archive published at last

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Football: Harvard 45-Princeton 13

The Crimson emphatically snaps a six-game losing streak to the Tigers

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Cross-stitched fabric with the text "Home Unaffordable Home" over a background of high-rise apartment buildings.

Features
November-December 2024

Home Unaffordable Home

America’s housing problem—and what to do about it

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Right Now
November-December 2024

How the Mind Assigns Meaning to Words

New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.

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Montage
November-December 2024

Maps of the World

The surreal, artistic cartography of Darren Sears

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Harvard Squared
November-December 2024

The Boston Camerata Turns 70

Celebrating early music

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Harvard in the headlines

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This Is Your Body on Sugar

The New York Times | 10.30.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Does High Blood Sugar Blunt the Benefits of Exercise?

Inflation Is Basically Back to Normal. Why Do Voters Still Feel Blah?

The New York Times | 10.31.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Off-Kilter Economy

Remembering Dr. Richard Cash: How a 'simple' intervention helped save millions of lives

NPR | 10.26.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Solving Dehydration

Dreading the Constable’s Knock in an Eviction Capital

The Wall Street Journal | 10.28.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Disrupted Lives

A Virginia Living Room Moves Onto Fifth Avenue

The New Yorker | 10.21.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: “Little Shards of Dissonance” and Commencement Confetti: Davóne Tines and Performing for the President

Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Must Leave Harvard After 8 Years. They’re Calling for That to End.

Inside Higher Ed | 10.28.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Faculty Resumes Growing

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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.

This Is Your Body on Sugar

The New York Times | 10.30.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Does High Blood Sugar Blunt the Benefits of Exercise?

Inflation Is Basically Back to Normal. Why Do Voters Still Feel Blah?

The New York Times | 10.31.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Off-Kilter Economy

Remembering Dr. Richard Cash: How a 'simple' intervention helped save millions of lives

NPR | 10.26.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Solving Dehydration

Dreading the Constable’s Knock in an Eviction Capital

The Wall Street Journal | 10.28.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Disrupted Lives

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.

This Is Your Body on Sugar

The New York Times | 10.30.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Does High Blood Sugar Blunt the Benefits of Exercise?

Inflation Is Basically Back to Normal. Why Do Voters Still Feel Blah?

The New York Times | 10.31.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Off-Kilter Economy

Remembering Dr. Richard Cash: How a 'simple' intervention helped save millions of lives

NPR | 10.26.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Solving Dehydration

Read more articles

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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

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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.

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Features
November-December 2023

You Are What (Your Microbes) Eat

Diet, cooking, and the human microbiome