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Harvard President Claudine Gay Testifies Before Congress

On antisemitism, “I have sought to confront hate while preserving free expression.”

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A Call for Precision

Harvard Kennedy School researchers on how to report pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protests accurately 

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Bearing Witness to Terrorism

Harvard Chabad, IDF, and Bill Ackman screen October 7 Hamas footage

University News |

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More Housing in Allston

Toward another apartment complex on Harvard-owned land

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Academic Freedom—for All

Amid the Israel-Hamas war, some Harvard faculty members raise concerns about freedom of expression. 

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Social Sciences |

Easing the Energy Transition

How the Bezos Earth Fund hopes to seed economic transformation

Illustration of a puppeteer manipulating bags of money around the world

Right Now | November-December 2023

Reforming International Finance

Is it time to reform global financial institutions that support economic and political stability?

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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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University People
November-December 2023

Her Bread and Butter

A third-generation French baker on legacy loaves and the "magic" of baking

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John Harvard's Journal
November-December 2023

AI in the Academy

Generative AI can enhance teaching and learning but augurs a shift to oral forms of student assessment.

Treasure
November-December 2023

Pigskin Programs

The art of Harvard football

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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.

Nearly Everyone Gets A's at Yale. Does That Cheapen the Grade?

The New York Times | 12.5.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Arts and Sciences’ New Look

Law schools love to hate U.S. News rankings. But some can’t let go.

The Washington Post | 12.4.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Aiming for Excellence

Ousted propaganda scholar Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

The Washington Post | 12.4.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Can Disinformation Be Stopped?

Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 93

The New York Times | 12.1.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Off-the-Bench Opinions

A Harvard Professor Prepares to Teach a New Subject: Taylor Swift

The New York Times | 11.30.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: “Kingmaker” to Gatekeeper

Henry Kissinger’s ties to Harvard date back to the 1940s when he was a star student, then a young professor

The Boston Globe | 11.30.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Kissinger Returns and A Harvard-Henry Kissinger Détente?

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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.

Nearly Everyone Gets A's at Yale. Does That Cheapen the Grade?

The New York Times | 12.5.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Arts and Sciences’ New Look

Law schools love to hate U.S. News rankings. But some can’t let go.

The Washington Post | 12.4.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Aiming for Excellence

Ousted propaganda scholar Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

The Washington Post | 12.4.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Can Disinformation Be Stopped?

Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on the Supreme Court, Is Dead at 93

The New York Times | 12.1.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Off-the-Bench Opinions

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.

Nearly Everyone Gets A's at Yale. Does That Cheapen the Grade?

The New York Times | 12.5.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Arts and Sciences’ New Look

Law schools love to hate U.S. News rankings. But some can’t let go.

The Washington Post | 12.4.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Aiming for Excellence

Ousted propaganda scholar Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Meta

The Washington Post | 12.4.2023

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Can Disinformation Be Stopped?

Read more articles

From our archives

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Right Now
July-August 2021

How Paper Crumples

The research provides insight into the way materials react to repeated strain.

Emily Broad Leib in front of produce

Features
November-December 2021

The Food Waste Problem

Emily Broad Leib combats wasted food worldwide.

Pierre Dupont standing in pediatric surgical research lab at Boston Children's Hospital

Features
May-June 2022

The Medical-Robotics Revolution

Engineering advances in surgery, mobility, and patient care

A rendering of MASS Design’s proposal to reclaim the waterfront and renew Poughkeepsie’s center

Features
May-June 2023

Building a Better World

MASS Design’s healing architecture

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