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In a new sports environment, a major shift in Ivy policy

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Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates

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John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2025

Focus on Finances

Annual Harvard financial results, and a look at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ fisc and professoriate

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Can Multivitamins Reduce Cancer Risk and Slow Memory Loss?

The scientific evidence on vitamin supplements and age-related health decline

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January-February 2025

Caring for the Caregivers

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Montage
January-February 2025

A Model City

Fred Gevalt’s astonishing and intricate diorama

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January-February 2025

Stop—and Ponder—the Presses

A unique museum in Haverhill, Massachusetts, offers a history of graphic arts.

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University People
January-February 2025

Beyond Empowerment

On seeking feminist spaces on campus

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New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.

The New York Times | 1.14.2025

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Moderate Drinking Raises Cancer Risks While Offering Few Benefits

The New York Times | 1.14.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How Much Alcohol Is Safe?

Mad Men’s Jon Hamm is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year

The Boston Globe | 1.14.2025

Dementia Cases in the U.S. Will Surge in the Coming Decades, Researchers Say

The New York Times | 1.13.2025

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U.S. Ambassador Says China Is Aligned With ‘Agents of Disorder’

The New York Times | 1.10.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: “Our Planet in Microcosm” and Nicholas Burns: Why Does Good Diplomacy Matter?

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The Washington Post | 1.8.2025

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Harvard in the headlines

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New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.

The New York Times | 1.14.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Redefining Obesity

Moderate Drinking Raises Cancer Risks While Offering Few Benefits

The New York Times | 1.14.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How Much Alcohol Is Safe?

Mad Men’s Jon Hamm is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year

The Boston Globe | 1.14.2025

Dementia Cases in the U.S. Will Surge in the Coming Decades, Researchers Say

The New York Times | 1.13.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Caring for the Caregivers

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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.

New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.

The New York Times | 1.14.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Redefining Obesity

Moderate Drinking Raises Cancer Risks While Offering Few Benefits

The New York Times | 1.14.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How Much Alcohol Is Safe?

Mad Men’s Jon Hamm is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year

The Boston Globe | 1.14.2025

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Right Now
January-February 2024

What Makes Fish Fast?

George Lauder investigates nature’s solutions to underwater speed.

Illustration of pill bottles, and the long shadow of higher drug prices supported by coupons

Right Now
January-February 2023

How Coupons Keep Drugs Costly

Pharmaceutical companies subsidize the cost of their drugs to keep prices high.

Wintry Portsmouth at sunset

Harvard Squared
January-February 2024

No Sleepy Coastal Town

Visiting Portsmouth in winter

Illustration of a human head benefitting from exercise

Right Now
January-February 2022

Your Brain on Exercise

The hormone irisin, promising as a therapeutic against Alzheimer’s and dementia, is responsible for the cognitive benefits of exercise.

Finn Bamber and Clay Oxford sit beside a sound board with a theater set behind them

University People
January-February 2023

The Art of Lighting and Sound Design

Theater technicians Finn Bamber and Clay Oxford bring Harvard theater to life.

Portrait of Donald Hall 2014

Features
January-February 2022

The Poet of Old Age

Donald Hall, chronicler of life

Features
January-February 2023

Fernando Zóbel-Montojo

Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984

A woman in an orange sweater and cap stands in front of a large blue and green painting of a water-skiing woman.

Features
January-February 2024

The Philosopher of the Real World

Susanna Siegel moves beyond dialectical debates.