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Issue: January-February 2025
Yurong “Luanna” Jiang, M.P.A. ’25, Graduate English Address: “Our Humanity”
… We rise by refusing to let one another go. So, Class of 2025, when the world feels stuck in Spinning Ghost Mode, … than belief: our shared humanity. Congratulations, Class of 2025! … A laundry machine fiasco inspires a reflection on …
International Scholars and Students Targeted—Again
The Trump administration this week opened another line of attack on Harvard—its ability to sponsor students, doctors, researchers, and professors for temporary immigration visas to the United States—while it announced a major settlement with Columbia …
Harvard Admits 8.7 Percent of Undergraduate Early Applicants
Harvard College announced this evening that 692 of 7,921 early-action applicants were admitted to the class of 2028. This 8.7 percent acceptance rate compares to 7.5 percent in 2022 and 7.9 percent in 2021 . The number of early applicants is down …
Saluting the 2022 Centennial Medalists
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who have made contributions to society that emerged from their graduate study at Harvard. It is the …
A Harvard “As Humane as It Is Humbling”: Morning Prayers
… first-year convocation talks (for the classes of 2024 and 2025) in Tercentenary Theatre yesterday. Speaking in the … Your Portion” Speaking for the first time to the class of 2025, Harvard College dean Rakesh Khurana emphasized the …
Harvard Can Continue Hosting International Students, Judge Says
Late Friday afternoon, a federal judge granted Harvard’s request for a preliminary injunction—halting, for now, the Trump administration’s attempt to prevent the University from hosting international students. On May 22, the Department of Homeland …
Football 2021: Harvard 23, Penn 7
In its final home game of 2021, the Harvard football team employed the formula that has served it well all season, riding a rock-ribbed rush defense, the rampaging running of back Aaron Shampklin, and the leg of placekicker Jonah Lipel to a workmanlike …
Behind the Scenes: Digging into the archive
When I started working on the September-October feature about Harvard Library’s Judaica Division—and the 86-year-old archivist who has led it for 60 years—I didn’t quite know what to expect. The University has such a vast and expanding universe of …
A Focus on the Future
Harvard’s annual sustainability report, released October 4, details the University’s efforts to prepare for two fast-approaching goals: to be fossil-fuel neutral by 2026, and fossil-fuel free by 2050. Already, less beef is being consumed in Harvard dining …
Behind the Scenes: Journalism in an Internet Era
I want to tell you how support from generous donors like you makes it possible for us to produce the high-quality journalism that you expect and rely on. It is no secret that the rise of the Internet has siphoned advertising from newspapers, leaving …
When Code Meets Canvas
Algorithms govern much of our lives today. They likely brought you to this article, will shape how you interact with it, and serve as the unseen engine behind countless moments in your day. But we seldom look at algorithms the way we’d view a painting on …
Crimson Campaigners
On the evening of November 5, as Harvard students gather to watch election results, some undergraduates will be more nervous than others. For them, the numbers will shape their communities’ and country’s political future—and will also determine whether …
Issue: September-October 2024
Harvard College Reinstitutes Mandatory Testing
… for applicants, beginning with students applying for fall 2025 admission (the class of 2029). Until today’s decision, …
Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Travel Ban for Harvard’s International Students
Federal Judge Allison Burroughs has extended a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban on Harvard’s international students until June 23. At a hearing Monday, Burroughs said she plans to issue a decision within a week …