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Research on Hold

Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.

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Voices Raised about Harvard

Responses to the University’s rejection of federal proposals for intrusive regulation of academic affairs

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Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status Threatened

Ability to host foreign students also in jeopardy

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Encouraging Harvard to Resist

Alumni and faculty letters urge Harvard to defend itself and academic freedom.

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Harvard Resists Government Demands

President Garber rejects federal regulation of academic affairs.

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Features | May-June 2025

The New Gender Gaps

What to do as men and boys fall behind

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Right Now | May-June 2025

Greening Global Finance

A proposed “green” swap enables decarbonization of emerging market development projects.

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May-June 2025

In the Crosshairs

Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more

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May-June 2025

The Shape of Sound

Jessica Shand blends math and music.

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Treasure
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Miniature Worlds

How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life

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Basking in the Beaux-Arts

Park offers art, nature, and history in New Hampshire

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Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

The New York Times | 4.16.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Professor Avi Loeb on Signs of Life Beyond Earth

There’s a Lot of History to Unpack for This Space Expert

The New York Times | 4.2.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Professor Avi Loeb on Signs of Life Beyond Earth

Even to Harvard, the world’s richest university, $2.2 billion makes a big difference

The Boston Globe | 4.16.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances

Can Trump’s tariffs really bring back US manufacturing?

The Boston Globe | 4.17.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Manufacturing: Willy C. Shih

Harvard Had No Choice: Giving in to the administration’s demands would have been ruinous.

The Chronicle of Higher Education | 4.16.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Academic Freedom and Free Speech

Can Colleges Survive Trump’s Cuts? There are a handful of viable financial strategies. They all have downsides.

The Chronicle of Higher Education | 4.16.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances

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Harvard in the headlines

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Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

The New York Times | 4.16.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Professor Avi Loeb on Signs of Life Beyond Earth

There’s a Lot of History to Unpack for This Space Expert

The New York Times | 4.2.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Professor Avi Loeb on Signs of Life Beyond Earth

Even to Harvard, the world’s richest university, $2.2 billion makes a big difference

The Boston Globe | 4.16.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances

Can Trump’s tariffs really bring back US manufacturing?

The Boston Globe | 4.17.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Manufacturing: Willy C. Shih

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Harvard in the headlines

Harvard Magazine sorts through news and commentary in other media and shares diverse views with you. Learn more.

Astronomers Detect a Possible Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

The New York Times | 4.16.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Professor Avi Loeb on Signs of Life Beyond Earth

There’s a Lot of History to Unpack for This Space Expert

The New York Times | 4.2.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Professor Avi Loeb on Signs of Life Beyond Earth

Even to Harvard, the world’s richest university, $2.2 billion makes a big difference

The Boston Globe | 4.16.2025

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances

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Features
March-April 2023

Inner Senses

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

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Features
March-April 2024

How Birds Lost Flight

Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.

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Right Now
March-April 2022

Social Media Use and Adult Depression

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

Harvard Squared
March-April 2022

A Verdant Cultural Retreat

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

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Right Now
March-April 2023

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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Features
March-April 2024

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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Montage
March-April 2023

Attuned to Pianos

An instrument restorer’s beautiful obsession

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University People
March-April 2023

Flying Squirrel

Wingsuit skydiver Alejandro Montagna on minimizing risk—at 150 mph