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University News

Reese Witherspoon Visits Harvard—and Talks Women, Media, and AI

Reese Witherspoon discusses female-driven content at Harvard Business School.

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From Jellyfish to Digital Hearts

How Harvard researchers are helping to build a virtual model of the human heart

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Yale Chief Will Lead Harvard Police Department

Anthony Campbell will take up his new post in January.

University News

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Harvard Football: Harvard 31, Columbia 14

The Crimson stay unbeaten with a workmanlike win over the Lions.

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Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faces a $350 Million Deficit

At a faculty meeting, Dean Hopi Hoekstra advocates for long-term, structural solutions.

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Why America’s Strategy For Reducing Racial Inequality Failed

Harvard professor Christina Cross debunks the myth of the two-parent Black family.

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Must-Read Harvard Books Winter 2025

From aphorisms to art heists to democracy’s necessary conditions

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Undergraduate Column

An International Student on Staying Silent in Trump’s America

What is the price of a Harvard education?

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Shopping for New England-made gifts this Holiday Season

Ways to support regional artists, designers, and manufacturers

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Scientists Grow More Hopeful About Ending a Global Organ Shortage

The New York Times | 11.12.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Engineering Virus-free Cells… and Organs?

What We Can Learn From Brain Organoids

The New York Times | 11.6.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: How Harvard Researchers Are Growing Human Brain Organoids to Study Autism and Consciousness

Let the Mind-Control Games Begin!

The New York Times | 11.12.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Developing the Brain-Computer Interface and Five Questions with Professor Jia Liu

Kindergartners With Chromebooks: 350 Teachers on How Screens Took Over School

The New York Times | 11.12.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Parenting Digital Kids and Digital Stress on Teens and Teen Grind Culture

How Reese Witherspoon Figured Out Who She Really Is

The New York Times | 9.20.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Reese Witherspoon Visits Harvard—and Talks Women, Media, and AI

The Political Left Is Dialing Up Scrutiny of Data Centers

The Wall Street Journal | 11.10.2025

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From our archives

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How Birds Lost Flight

Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.

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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

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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Social Media Use and Adult Depression

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

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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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Attuned to Pianos

An instrument restorer’s beautiful obsession

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Inner Senses

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