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


Judge Dismisses Case Demanding Harvard Admissions Data

The government failed to meet procedural requirements before suing the University.

by Jonathan Shaw

Physicists Capasso and Yu make many lasers from one

Harvard researchers have developed multibeam, multiwavelength miniature lasers.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard club speakers

A sampling of spring speakers at Harvard clubs around the country

Torturers think victims expressing pain are guilty

Inflicting pain changes the perceptions of torturers, not necessarily their knowledge.

Hausmann and Hidalgo find wealthier economies are also more complex

The most prosperous countries have economies that produce a variety of goods.

by Jonathan Shaw

Indie film producer Mynette Louie interviewed

Film producer Mynette Louie ’97 on films, audiences, and the quest to connect them.

by Kevin Hartnett

Shared Interest Group events

News from Shared Interest Groups

Update on the East Coast Greenway

Harvard alumni work to make a 3,000-mile greenway along the Eastern seaboard a reality.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Fighting malaria with evolutionary biology and genomics

Harvard scientists are using genomic tools to fight newly resurgent malaria.

by Courtney Humphries

Return to Harvard Day

An April invitation for all College alumni and alumnae, their spouses, and their high-school-age children

Super-active students are over-scheduled

College students today lead hyper-active, highly scheduled lives.

by Craig Lambert