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


‘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

Harvard Honorary Degrees 2024

Harvard’s 2024 honorary degree recipients

American Citizenship Through Photography

How photographs promote social justice

by Nina Pasquini

Letters from our readers

Climate change, COVID-19, housing inequity

Simple Headlines Are Better

Harvard analysis reveals that online readers tend to avoid complexity.

by Jack R. Trapanick

A New Norton Anthology of World Literature Reimagines the Global Literary Tradition

A new Norton Anthology, edited by Harvard’s Martin Puchner, reimagines the global literary tradition. 

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard Alumni Day with Courtney B. Vance

Protest interruptions and a call to do “the right thing” 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Heads of the Parade

And a precedent-setting eightieth Harvard reunion

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard Professor Scott Kominers on NFTs and Brands

The coming digital revolution and how NFTs will transform ownership, brands, and how we create

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard Considers Request to Rename Winthrop House

Harvard’s process for considering denaming requests is tested for the first time.

by Nina Pasquini

Justice Sonia Sotomayor at Harvard Radcliffe Day

2024 Radcliffe Medalist Sonia Sotomayor on civic engagement and optimism

by Max J. Krupnick