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Harvard Gates

Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened

Ability to host foreign students also in jeopardy

by Jonathan Shaw

University Hall

Encouraging Harvard to Resist

Alumni and faculty letters urge Harvard to defend itself and academic freedom.

by Max J. Krupnick

Engraving of the Harvard campus in the 1800s

Nineteenth Century Letters Between Two Harvard Undergraduates

An antebellum correspondence between two Harvard undergraduates

by Beth Luey

Federal Reserve Building

Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances

The University heads back to the bond market.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard University aerial view

Harvard Resists Federal Regulation of Academic Affairs

President Garber rejects federal regulation of academic affairs.

by John S. Rosenberg

Two photos of the same woman, one as a store worker the other as an Arctic explorer

Jung Yeondoo: Building Dreams at the Peabody Essex Museum

South Korean artist’s socially themed photographs at the Peabody Essex Museum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Jessica Shand holds a flute, seated in a music lab.

Jessica Shand—Math and Music at Harvard

Jessica Shand blends math and music.

by Nina Pasquini

Students writing at desks on wheels, racing ahead of a stationary student at a fixed desk

Why Men Are Falling Behind in Education, Employment, and Health

Can new approaches to education address a growing gender gap?

by Nina Pasquini

Silhouette of a head filled with a street map, with a taxi driving into the brain

Why Taxi Drivers Don’t Die of Alzheimer’s

Explaining taxi and ambulance drivers’ protection against Alzheimer’s disease.

by Erin O’Donnell

Elegant bar with glass shelves stocked with liquor bottles, three cane-back chairs, and hanging pendant lights.

Restaurant Recommendations Cambridge 2025

Tastes from Cambridge’s eclectic restaurants

by Nell Porter-Brown

Headshots of 15 newly elected Harvard Overseers and Directors, each labeled with their name

Vote for the Board of Overseers and the Harvard Alumni Association Elected Directors

Overseer and HAA Elected Director Slate 2025

Illustration of Blue bird, turtle, and green frog by a pond with cattails and lily pads.

Children's Books from Ann Kim Ha

Ann Kim Ha’s poignant children’s books

by Lydialyle Gibson