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HAA Announces Overseers and Directors Slate for 2026

Alumni will vote this spring for members of two key governing boards

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Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

A Harvard Kennedy School panel unpacks the nation’s oil sector, economy, and democratic hopes.

Harvard Kennedy School of Government

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Five Questions with Willy Shih

A Harvard Business School professor unpacks the economics of semiconductors.

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At A.R.T., the Musical “Wonder” Explores Bullying and Friendship

Auggie Pullman’s story comes to life through an inventive space metaphor

Performing Arts

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U.S. Appeals Court Preserves NIH Research Funding

The court made permanent an injunction preventing caps on reimbursement for overhead costs.

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Is Ultraprocessed Food Really That Bad?

A Harvard professor challenges conventional wisdom.

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The 1884 Cannibalism-at-Sea Case That Still Has Harvard Talking

The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens changed the course of legal history. Here’s why it’s been fodder for countless classroom debates.

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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.

A Crypto Revolt Against a Crypto Bill

The New York Times | 1.15.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Crypto—To Regulate or Not?

A Tale of Two Meetings: Trump Chooses Oil Over Democracy

The New York Times | 1.16.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip

The New York Times | 1.15.2026

Is $3 million enough to expand mental health services in school? Advocates say no.

The Boston Globe | 1.13.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Teen Grind Culture and A New Prescription for Youth Mental Health

Tell alarmists this secret about voter ID

The Washington Post | 1.9.2026

America’s Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem—Too Many Data Centers

The Wall Street Journal | 1.12.2026

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How AI Energy Demand Costs Consumers

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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”

Barbara Lawrence seated, wearing a textured blouse, in a portrait from the late 1930s.

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