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

An illustration of interest rates rising, with two hands holding balloons full of money

‘Don’t Hold Your Breath’ for the Return of Low Interest Rates

Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff discusses the global forces driving up borrowing costs.

by Olivia Farrar

Kristen Faulkner

Harvard at the Olympics

Crimson athletes win 13 medals

by Max J. Krupnick

Crimson Campaign Consultants

Two Harvard alumni have helped bring advanced data analysis to political contests across the country.

by Jack R. Trapanick

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Quiet Conversations that Defined Harvard During a Viral Year

The quiet conversations that defined Harvard during a viral year

by Isabella Cho

Harvard Magazine Reader's Letters

Master Finley, whales’ speech, Harvard values

A cube of uranium from Nazi Germany

A Block of Nazi Uranium at Harvard

Proof of a secret Nazi nuclear project

by Max J. Krupnick

Senator Warren and Representative Ayanna Pressley with Harvard Democrats members in front of campaign signs for their re-election.

Harvard Students Campaign in 2024 Election

Harvard students and the 2024 election

by Max J. Krupnick

Serena Jampel (left) and Yasmeen Khan (right)

Meet Harvard Magazine’s Ledecky Fellows

The 2024-2025 Undergraduate columnists

Covers of Harvard and Radcliffe College class of 1954 seventieth reunion class reports

How Harvard Has Evolved

Alumni perspectives on Harvard in crisis, and signs of a changed community

by Primus VI

An illustration envisioning a remade SAT test

Higher Education Reform and the SAT

Nicholas Lemann on revising standardized testing to address real educational needs

Richard Beck sitting indoors beside a potted plant, hands clasped, looking at the camera.

In 'Homeland,' n+1 writer Richard Beck excavates the War on Terror

How the War on Terror reshaped American life

by Nina Pasquini