Science & Technology

Phi Beta Kappa Speakers Call Out a ‘Deeply Troubling’ Moment

Former Harvard President Lawrence Bacow and poet Meghan O’Rourke urge graduates to focus on character and “radical attention.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Projects $750-Million Revenue Shortfall

Executive vice president Katie Lapp details losses from research funding and executive education.

by John S. Rosenberg

The Pandemic's Unequal Toll

A Radcliffe Institute online discussion of health disparities laid bare by coronavirus  

by Lydialyle Gibson

Starlink

Seniors hunker down in communal quarantine.

by Eve Driver

Building a Better COVID-19 Swab

Engineers at the Wyss Institute address a critical shortage of nasal swabs.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard fall reopening plans

Provost Alan Garber outlines the possibilities and options—and the College prepares for continued remote teaching, if necessary

by John S. Rosenberg

Alone on Harvard’s Campus

Most days, I see no one at all.

by Jeremy Tsai

Letting Go of the “Ideal” Classroom

“The ‘ideal’ classroom never existed anyway, at least not in a perfectly equitable manner,” writes Julie Chung ’20. 

by Julie Chung

Poet and physician Rafael Campo on connection and empathy in caregiving during t

Poet and physician Rafael Campo on connection and empathy in caregiving during the pandemic’s isolation

by Lydialyle Gibson

Tackling the pandemic's hard ethical questions

Tackling the pandemic's hard ethical and social questions in an online Harvard discussion with Michael Sandel

by Lydialyle Gibson

Zoom and the zero commute

“The biggest obstacle to our collective learning is the elephant in the room: a global pandemic, taking place amid existing inequalities,” writes Drew Pendergrass ’20. 

by Drew Pendergrass