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College Admits 4.5 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2023
The College has admitted 1,950 of 43,330 applicants to the class of 2023 (935 of whom were admitted through early action in December). The 4.5 percent admit rate is Harvard’s lowest ever, down slightly from 4.6 percent last year; it reflects the largest …
Civic Leaders, and Myths about Undergraduate Teaching
… record-low admissions rates this spring (see harvardmag.com/2025admits - 21 ), op-ed columnists were ready. “Stanford …
Issue: July-August 2021
Harvard Reports $406-Million Surplus, but Endowment Declines
Harvard’s annual financial report for the year ended June 30, 2022, published today, reflects a University that has returned robustly to full operation, after residential instruction was suspended from March 2020 through the following academic year, but …
Football 2021: Harvard 38, Holy Cross 13
On Saturday, in a football game that had more reversals of fortune than a James Bond movie, Harvard staked itself to a large halftime lead, allowed Holy Cross to creep back in, then finally put away the doughty Crusaders to win 38-13. The victory on …
At Home With Harvard: Editors' Favorite Stories of 2020
Our editors take great care in choosing story topics for every issue. While some events from this year accounted for much of our web traffic (need one say “COVID”?), other articles brought our readers joy or provoked good, critical thought. Below, the …
A Smaller Surplus—and Endowment Returns Turn Positive
Harvard’s annual financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, published today, suggests that a post-pandemic new normal is largely in place. Operating revenues rose, but less than in the prior year, when students who had deferred admission or …
Faith through Film
Among a sea of black hats, Salvador Alexander Litvak ’87 sported a white fedora. His color palette was not the only thing setting him apart from the 92,000 revelers at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium who gathered in August 2012 to celebrate Jewish text …
Issue: May-June 2025
Faculty Room Facelift
The Faculty Room, the soaring second-floor space at the center of University Hall—designed by Charles Bulfinch, A.B. 1781 (who provided his services in exchange for tuition payments for son Thomas, class of 1814—an early legacy!) and completed in 1815—is …
Issue: March-April 2025
Football 2023: Princeton 21-Harvard 14
The past week saw two wunderkind quarterbacks humbled, each for the first time. After 10 straight regular-season victories spanning two seasons, Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers rallied his team from behind but lost to the Cleveland Browns 19-17. …
How We Are Funded
… Harvard Magazine in print and online for fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 through June 2025). Request a copy of our fiscal year 2024 audited …
Bill Gates on AI and Innovation
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates ’77, LL.D. ’07, famously dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to focus on building a new kind of software company. Fifty years later, this February 3, he returned to campus and discussed the newest innovation …
Harvard to Keep Arthur Sackler’s Name on Museum and Building
The Harvard Corporation has accepted a recommendation not to dename the Arthur M. Sackler Museum and Building, the University announced today. The denaming request was originally submitted in October 2022 by a group of students who argued that Arthur …
Behind the Scenes: Covering Opioids
I want to tell you how support from Sustainers like you makes it possible for us to produce the high-quality journalism that you expect and rely on. Early in his presidency, Larry Bacow decided to demonstrate his commitment to highlighting Harvard’s …
Brevia
… in the prior year, and accepted 747 members of the class of 2025 (versus 895 early admissions in the prior year). Peer …
Issue: March-April 2021
News in Brief
Changes at the Top The day before Commencement, the Corporation announced two changes in personnel—one expected and one not. Paul J. Finnegan ’75, M.B.A. ’82, a Corporation member since 2012 and the University’s treasurer since 2014, will cede the latter …
Issue: July-August 2023