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Five Questions with Peter R. Girguis

A Harvard professor of evolutionary biology on what lurks in the deep sea  

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Harvard’s New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths

A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.

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Harvard Panel Debunks the Population Implosion Myth

Public health professors parse the evidence surrounding falling U.S. birth rates.

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Johnston Gate

Your Views on Harvard’s Standoff, Antisemitism, and More

Readers comment on the controversial July-August cover, authoritarianism, and scientific research.

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Social Sciences

A New Narrative of Civil Rights

Political philosopher Brandon Terry’s vision of racial progress

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International affairs

Free Speech, the Bomb—and Donald Trump

A Harvard cardiologist on the unlikely alliances that shaped a global movement to prevent nuclear war

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Books & Literary Life

Shakespeare’s Greatest Rival

Without Christopher Marlowe, there might not have been a Bard.

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Food

CiderDays Festival Celebrates All Things Apple

Visiting small-batch cideries and orchards in Massachusetts

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The gerrymandering battle has a historical precedent. It’s a warning we should heed.

The Boston Globe | 9.2.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Electoral Eccentricity and Voter Suppression Returns

Ancestors’ mysterious institutionalization still troubles a Mass. family. Now, they may finally get answers.

The Boston Globe | 8.29.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Walter E. Fernald

Harvard Is Making Changes Trump Officials Want, Even Without a Deal

The New York Times | 8.23.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Latest In Harvard’s Fight with the Trump Administration

Book Review: Renaissance scholar illuminates brief, transgressive life of poet Christopher Marlowe

AP News | 8.25.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How Shakespeare’s Rival Remade Elizabethan Art

‘Don’t negotiate’: Trump wants at least $500 million from Harvard to end monthslong pressure campaign

The Boston Globe | 8.27.2025

Will the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Research Grants Sink Harvard’s Lawsuit Against Trump?

The Chronicle of Higher Education | 8.27.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard’s Standoff: The Research At Risk and The Standoff: Harvard’s Future in the Balance

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Faculty & Community

How Birds Lost Flight

Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.

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Faculty & Community

The Senior Housing Shortfall

As the ranks of the elderly swell, there are too few housing options for seniors who want to “age in place.”

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Harvard History & Traditions

Winthrop Bell: Harvard Philosopher, MI6 Spy, and Early Forecaster of the Holocaust

Brief life of a philosopher and spy: 1884-1965

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Faculty & Community

Social Media Use and Adult Depression

A survey reveals suprising links between social media use and depression in adults.

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Students & Alumni

Flying Squirrel

Wingsuit skydiver Alejandro Montagna on minimizing risk—at 150 mph

New England Guide

A Verdant Cultural Retreat

Boston’s Forest Hills Cemetery is a welcome respite from the world.

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Arts & Culture

Attuned to Pianos

An instrument restorer’s beautiful obsession

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Faculty & Community

Inner Senses

Nicholas Bellono probes the biological basis of animal adaptations and behaviors.