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Explore Harvard community news, alumni, faculty, students, and campus life. Curated stories and perspectives from Harvard Magazine.


Is the Press Still Free?

A Harvard alumni panel discusses New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and threats to journalists today.

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard degree-program affiliates in the 116th Congress

Degree-program affiliates now number 53, with 15 in the Senate and 38 in the House.

Pre-Columbian quipu exhibit at the MFA

“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA

by Nell Porter-Brown

A winter’s trip to Portland, Maine

Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”

by Nell Porter-Brown

The positive impact of entrepreneurial immigrants

Economist William Kerr argues for streamlining immigration to attract high-skilled talent from abroad.

by John A. Griffin

How physical appearance influences authority

Cherubic features benefit black male CEOs, but not other groups, underscoring the complexity of social disadvantage.

by Erin O’Donnell

Harvard Medical School’s Bruce Walker studies “elite controllers” of HIV

The immune systems of “elite controllers” point to HIV’s vulnerabilities.

by Jonathan Shaw

The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College

The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.

by Catherine Zhang

Profile of Daniela Lamas, a critical-care physician

Daniela Lamas and the practice of post-ICU care

by Lydialyle Gibson

Ulysses S. Grant profile by Elizabeth D. Samet

Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885

by Elizabeth D. Samet

Confronting pitfalls of machine learning, artificial intelligence

Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines

by Jonathan Shaw