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Correspondence about caregiving, football, feminism, free speech, and more
At Risk
Severe threats to Harvard’s finances—and academic mission—in the new political landscape
March-April 2025
On the Cover: Illustration by Richard Mia
Safe Streets
Working to curb road deaths
Walter E. Fernald
From enlightened care for the intellectually disabled, to eugenics, and back
The Unruly Academy
President emeritus Neil L. Rudenstine on changes in the academy and society that made universities more contentious—and diminished support for humane learning
Making Schools Work
Tom Kane deploys data to help improve education.
RIGHT NOW Harvard research and ideas
Teen Grind Culture
Teens need better strategies to cope with lives lived partly online.
The Green Star State
Cheap renewable energy could position Texas to become a major producer of clean hydrogen fuel.
Governing Games of Chance
Responding to the explosive growth of online gambling and sports betting, a new report urges governments to regulate with public health in mind.
John Harvard's Journal University news
Allston Ambitions
Harvard presents its 10-year plan for institutional development in Allston.
Arts and Engineering
The deans of arts and humanities and the school of engineering and applied sciences share their plans and priorities.
Yesterday’s News
From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Daria Schneider
A coach restores the luster to Harvard fencing.
Faculty Room Facelift
Reimagining an iconic space to reflect the Harvard community more comprehensively
News in Brief
President Garber’s private installation, settling antisemitism suits, challenging institutional neutrality, and more
Montage Books, creative arts, performance, and more
Harvard Sculptor Justin Peyser
Probing the concepts of territory and sanctuary.
On Unintended Consequences
Essayist Edward Tenner on technology’s pitfalls
Banned in Sparta
Millennia-old Greek lyrics ring out again in twenty-first-century pop music.
Leslie Jamison’s Many Selves
The essayist on isolation, empathy, and selfhood
Off the Shelf
Artmaking under duress, designing the UN HQ, Booker White’s blues, and more
Cruel and Unjust
A legal scholar’s harsh assessment of the Supreme Court’s rulings on crime
Harvard SquaredWhat to do in Boston, Cambridge, and beyond
The New Old Boston Athenaeum
Find “the joy of discovery and power of this unique place.”
Birding, Dancing, Cooking…
Celebrating the season with the Trustees
Emerging Maine Artists
Works by young artists at the Portland Museum of Art
University People Harvardians far and wide
Mitigating Global Threats
U.S. Navy vice admiral on the frontlines at NATO
Overseer and HAA Elected Director Slates
This year’s governing board and alumni association candidates
Music and Medicine
Toussaint Miller explores the healing power of art.
Harvard University’s 374th Commencement Excercises
Commencement and Alumni Day schedules
AI Anxiety
The Undergraduate on the uneasy collision of technology and writing
Defeating the Darkness
After decades of mystery, a family reunion
Origin Stories
An admissions odyssey, the search for “Casey,” and a Harvard legislative legacy
Scientific Stardom
How Galileo’s geometric and military compass helped him calculate his own ascent
