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


NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Speak at Harvard in June

The American Navy SEAL, born to immigrants, is a doctor and a space traveler.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Crisis of American neoliberal capitalism

A critique of the neoliberal economy

"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" by Amy Wilentz continues her long coverage of Haiti

Amy Wilentz on her “touchstone and central obsession”

by Craig Lambert

Harvard's African and African American art gallery opens

Another art museum opens—this one, a gallery for African and African-American Art.

by Sophia Nguyen

Open Access proponent Peter Suber, briefly profiled

The open-access proponent works to increase the flow of scholarly information.

Developments in greening Harvard, green cities research, and divestment debates

As debates continue over divestment, Harvard events highlight progress on campus sustainability and climate research.

Harvard Medical School campaign, Steve Ballmer gift

Funding medical research and education, Steve Ballmer boosts computer-science expansion, and arts and teacher-training initiatives

Harvard faculty object to cameras monitoring attendance

An experiment in monitoring students’ engagements with lectures runs afoul of faculty concerns about the sanctity of classrooms.

Harvard Undergraduate theater from a participant's perspective

An insider’s take on a major extracurricular interest

by Olivia Munk

Harvard wrestler Todd Preston works on NCAA dreams

Wrestler Todd Preston wins—from the bottom up.

by Stephanie Garlock

An update on Harvard men's basketball

Will Harvard men’s basketball live up to its pre-season billing?

by David L. Tannenwald