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Why we eat what we do

“Resetting the Table,” a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum, examines American food traditions. 

by Jacob Sweet

Football 2019: Penn 24, Harvard 20

Another loss for the hapless Crimson

by Dick Friedman

Harvard First-Generation Student Alumni Stories

Alumni share their moving stories through the first interest-group “class report.”

by John S. Rosenberg

A Harvard Graduate Student Union Strike?

After more than a year negotiating, the union sets a deadline of December 3. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Football 2019: Columbia 17, Harvard 10

Another crushing defeat for Harvard.

by Dick Friedman

Can the Catholic Church Help Explain Western Psychology?

A social-science analysis of how Catholicism transformed Western culture

by Drew Pendergrass

Harvard Business School Dean Nohria to Step Down

Will step down at the end of this academic year

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Board of Overseers Divestment, Governance Challenge

Young alumni and others advance an agenda of governance change and divestment from fossil-fuel investments.

Harvard Faculty Divestment Debate

A formal, docketed discussion as proponents of divestment intensify their campaign 

by John S. Rosenberg

Football 2019: Dartmouth 9, Harvard 6

The Crimson lose in heartbreaking fashion.

by Dick Friedman

Radcliffe Institute conference on activist Angela Davis

A Radcliffe Institute conference looks back on the legacy of activist icon Angela Davis and ahead to freedom struggles at Harvard and around the globe.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Lawrence Lessig Delivers a Prescription for Reforming American Democracy

How to reform voting and elections in the United States to create a representative democracy

by Jonathan Shaw