March-April 2025

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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

March-April 2025

On the Cover: Illustration by Richard Mia

Safe Streets

Working to curb road deaths

by Max J. Krupnick

Walter E. Fernald

From enlightened care for the intellectually disabled, to eugenics, and back

by Alex Green

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

by Neil L. Rudenstine

Making Schools Work

Tom Kane deploys data to help improve education.

by Nina Pasquini

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

Justice Edward Sanford portrait, modified to depict him as a baseball player

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

For Alumni

The Classes

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