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The Uses of Discomfort

The first in a series of public conversations about Harvard and the legacy of slavery

University News | 9.21.2023

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An “Egalitarian Curiosity”

How to encourage free speech and inquiry on campus

University News | 9.21.2023

Jason Bowen and Kelley Curran in The Half-God of Rainfall at American Repertory Theater

#MeToo Meets Mt. Olympus

A new play at the A.R.T. provides a modern take on ancient mythologies   

University News | 9.21.2023

Harvard football player 21 runs with ball towards a touchdown with St. Thomas players pursuing

Harvard 45, University of St. Thomas 13

For Crimson football, another opener (its 149th!), another show

University News | 9.17.2023

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Claudine Gay and her husband, Christopher Afendulis, outside Houghton Library, June 13, 2023

Features | September-October 2023

A “Scholar’s Scholar”

A profile of Harvard’s thirtieth president

Featured

University News | 8.10.2023

Embracing AI

The dawn of the virtual teaching fellow

sweeping aerial view of blue sky and Quabbin Reservoir water and mountains

Harvard Squared | September-October 2023

“The Wonder Out There”

Rambling around the Quabbin Reservoir

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Illustration of two teams working together. One is well-coordinated, the other is not.

Right Now
September-October 2023

Picking Team Players

A test can identify these productivity-boosting personnel.

Irene Soto Marín with Harvard's Ancient Mediterranean Classical Sculptures

John Harvard's Journal
September-October 2023

Irene Soto Marín

Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt standing off a red, white, and blue mural he painted after George Floyd’s death. Floyd's right hand is bandaged after he was attacked while painting the mural.

Montage
September-October 2023

Getting His Reps in

Anwar Floyd-Pruitt’s wildly profuse art

Serhii Plokhy in his Harvard office, smiling with his arms crossed. Behind him hangs a Ukrainian flag signed by Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko

Features
September-October 2023

The Return of History

Ukrainian scholar Serhii Plokhy on the war in his home country

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Two-armed surgical robot prototype targets pediatric brain tumors

Medical Design & Outsourcing | 9.20.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Medical-Robotics Revolution

How to Make Russia Really Pay for Invading Ukraine

The New York Times | 9.19.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Return of History

Anti-Affirmative Action Group Sues West Point Over Admissions Policy

The New York Times | 9.19.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: After Affirmative Action

Biden Taps Penny Pritzker to Drive Ukraine’s Economic Revival

The New York Times | 9.14.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Penny Pritzker Elected Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow

Brookline’s new high school design makes the honor roll

The Boston Globe | 9.14.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Architecture in Concert

Inside Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change

The Wall Street Journal | 9.14.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Documenting Climate Change Deception

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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.

Two-armed surgical robot prototype targets pediatric brain tumors

Medical Design & Outsourcing | 9.20.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Medical-Robotics Revolution

How to Make Russia Really Pay for Invading Ukraine

The New York Times | 9.19.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Return of History

Anti-Affirmative Action Group Sues West Point Over Admissions Policy

The New York Times | 9.19.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: After Affirmative Action

Biden Taps Penny Pritzker to Drive Ukraine’s Economic Revival

The New York Times | 9.14.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Penny Pritzker Elected Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow

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.

Two-armed surgical robot prototype targets pediatric brain tumors

Medical Design & Outsourcing | 9.20.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Medical-Robotics Revolution

How to Make Russia Really Pay for Invading Ukraine

The New York Times | 9.19.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Return of History

Anti-Affirmative Action Group Sues West Point Over Admissions Policy

The New York Times | 9.19.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: After Affirmative Action

Read more articles

From our archives

Illustration of seated people talking in a restorative justice circle

Features
July-August 2021

Restoring justice

Exploring an alternative to crime and punishment

Ibrahim Barry with a basketball on a court

Features
July-August 2022

“No Going Back to Normal”

Addressing the complexities of children’s mental health

Features
September-October 2022

“A Moral Obligation”

Charles Berlin and 60 years of collecting for Harvard Library

Allison Feaster wearing a green Celtics shirt in front of team championship banners

Features
November-December 2022

The Irresistible Allison Feaster

A basketball star's journey from the Harvard hardwood to the Celtics front office

Illustration of book like a sinking ship, emblematic of problems in the humanities

Features
January-February 2023

Humanists All

What is lost in the precipitous decline of the arts and humanities

Harvard Business School campus at its unveiling in 1927

Features
March-April 2023

A Higher Degree of Responsibility

On the history and potential of values-driven enterprises

Photograph of giant tube worms living near a hydrothermal vent in the Gulf of California

Features
May-June 2023

Plumbing the Deep Sea

Peter Girguis probes life on the ocean floor.

Gram Parsons stands in front of a bus in Harvard Square

Features
July-August 2023

Sound as Ever

Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock