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President Garber’s Quiet Installation

A private ceremony celebrated Garber’s appointment as president.

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A Ministry of Presence

Capuchin friars bring food and supplies to Harvard Square’s homeless.

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Seeing Methane from Space

How Harvard scientists hope to slow near-term climate change

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Muslim American Life after October 7

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The Rights of Nature

A Harvard course explores legal personhood for natural beings.

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Hearing the Faculty’s Voice

Questions about Harvard governance persist.  

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Silent Study-Ins

Harvard library protests challenge University regulations.

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University People
November-December 2024

The Will of the Donor

How gifts shape student experiences, in often unseen ways

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Right Now
November-December 2024

Why Ivy Athletes Score in Careers

How does undergraduate participation in varsity sports enhance career success?

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Montage
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What You Can Say, Singing

Liv Redpath’s operatic trajectory

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The College Pump
November-December 2024

New Traditions

Connecting contemporary “intellectual virtues” to Harvard’s traditions  

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

Wall Street Is Betting Billions on Rental Homes as Ownership Slips Out of Reach

The Wall Street Journal | 12.10.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Home Unaffordable Home

Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Reality After Another Google Breakthrough

The New York Times | 12.9.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard to Launch Quantum Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program

Converting to Judaism in the Wake of October 7th

The New Yorker | 12.2.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Due Process and Jeannie Suk Gersen: Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asian Americans?

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The Boston Globe | 12.5.2024

Naval Academy can consider race in admissions, federal judge rules

The Washington Post | 12.6.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Admissions after Affirmative Action

How a Book From 1981 Anticipated This Political Moment

The New York Times | 12.6.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Samuel Huntington, Prophet

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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.

Wall Street Is Betting Billions on Rental Homes as Ownership Slips Out of Reach

The Wall Street Journal | 12.10.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Home Unaffordable Home

Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Reality After Another Google Breakthrough

The New York Times | 12.9.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard to Launch Quantum Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program

Converting to Judaism in the Wake of October 7th

The New Yorker | 12.2.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Due Process and Jeannie Suk Gersen: Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asian Americans?

An orgy of musical sustenance at WHRB

The Boston Globe | 12.5.2024

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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.

Wall Street Is Betting Billions on Rental Homes as Ownership Slips Out of Reach

The Wall Street Journal | 12.10.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Home Unaffordable Home

Quantum Computing Inches Closer to Reality After Another Google Breakthrough

The New York Times | 12.9.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard to Launch Quantum Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program

Converting to Judaism in the Wake of October 7th

The New Yorker | 12.2.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Due Process and Jeannie Suk Gersen: Do Elite Colleges Discriminate Against Asian Americans?

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Right Now
May-June 2024

Diversifying Diet

A little-known diet improves cardiovascular health through several distinct mechanisms. 

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Features
May-June 2024

Benjamin Smith Lyman

Brief life of the vegetarian trailblazer, 1835-1920

Henry Lee Higginson

The College Pump
November-December 2022

Ahead of His Time

The inclusive Henry Lee Higginson, and Robert Caro’s productive fellowship

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Harvard Squared
November-December 2022

Leaning into Winter

Exploring Burlington, Vermont

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Montage
November-December 2022

Straight Lines and Odd Angles

Painter Judith Seligson’s creative juxtapositions

Treasure
November-December 2023

Pigskin Programs

The art of Harvard football

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Right Now
November-December 2023

Preparing for the Energy Transition

Expect massive job losses in industries associated with fossil fuels. The time to get ready is now.

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Features
November-December 2023

You Are What (Your Microbes) Eat

Diet, cooking, and the human microbiome