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Harvard Students, Alumni to Compete at the 2026 Olympics

Six Crimson athletes are headed to the XXV Winter Games in Milano Cortina

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Harvard Faculty Group Proposes Limits on A Grades

The grade inflation measure requires a full faculty vote, expected in the spring.

University News

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Former Homeland Security Chief Says ICE and CBP Have “Lost Their Way”

At Kennedy School talk, Jeh Johnson advocates restructuring “outdated” DHS.

Social Sciences

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Tina Fey and Robert Carlock Talk Collaboration, Joke-Building at Harvard

The duo behind 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt shared insights as part of the Learning from Performers series.

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Five Questions with Matthew Bunn

The last treaty limiting nuclear arms buildup between Russia and the U.S. expires February 5. What’s next?

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This TikTok Artist Combines Monsters and Mental Heath

Ava Jinying Salzman’s artwork helps people process difficult feelings.

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Teaching Through War With AI

Harvard Graduate School of Education students examine the use of AI in wartime Ukraine.

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Why Humans Walk on Two Legs

Research highlights our evolutionary ancestors’ unique pelvis.

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For Campus Speech, Civility is a Cultural Practice

A former Harvard College dean reviews Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber’s book Terms of Respect.

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A Near-Perfect Football Season Ends in Disappointment

A loss to Villanova derails Harvard in the playoffs.

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Undergraduate Column

The Trouble with Sidechat

No one feels responsible for what happens on Harvard’s anonymous social media app.

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

Linda Wilson, final president of Radcliffe as a separate college, dies at 89

The Boston Globe | 2.2.2026

Nuclear Arms Control Era Comes to End Amid Global Rush for New Weapons

The New York Times | 2.5.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Five Questions with Matthew Bunn

What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing—and Infighting

The New Yorker | 1.26.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Reporting, with an M.B.A.

The Dollar Is Doing What Trump Wanted. It Might Not Work Out the Way He Imagined.

The New York Times | 2.4.2026

Trump Escalates Harvard Fight—but the University’s Position Has Strengthened

The Wall Street Journal | 2.3.2026

Research finds interaction with father, not mother, affects child health

The Boston Globe | 2.3.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Developing Dads

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From our archives

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Teen "Grind" Culture and Mental Health

Teens need better strategies to cope with lives lived partly online.

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Social Sciences

America’s Housing Problem—Explained

How zoning reforms could address a crisis that squeezes the poor and the middle class

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Health & Medicine

How Does the Brain Interpret Language in Real-Time?

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

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Stevengraphs: Woven Silk Portraits from Coventry to Harvard

Five strange trading “cards”

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Harvard Pioneering Mammalogist Barbara Lawrence

Brief life of an intrepid mammalogist: 1909-1997

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Museums & Collections

The New Boston Athenaeum

Find “the joy of discovery and power of this unique place.”

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Can an Orange a Day Stave off Depression?

A research study digs into the gut microbiome.

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From Harvard-Trained Architect to Miniature Diorama Builder

Fred Gevalt’s astonishing and intricate diorama