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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.
Polishing off Plastic Pollution?
Engineering microbes to metabolize plastic waste
Picking Team Players
A test can identify these productivity-boosting personnel.
Irene Soto Marín
Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.
“This global, diverse, vibrant community”
Alumni Association President Ty Moore
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
Tackling the Dental Care Desert
Harvard alumnae establish a college of dental medicine in rural Missouri.
Addressing Disability
The new Harvard student activism
Post-COVID Learning Losses
Children face potentially permanent setbacks
Words with No Freedom
A Houghton Library exhibit explores writing in prison.