Search
Another Title, Another Heartbreak
… to make sure there’s no drop-off,” said Aurich, looking to 2025. Do we hear three-peat? FINAL STANDINGS Ivy Games …
Issue: January-February 2025
News in Brief
… applicants to submit standardized test scores, as of fall 2025. Newsmakers Timothy R. Barakett ’87, M.B.A. ’93, a …
Issue: September-October 2024
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
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 …
Voices Raised about Harvard
Editor’s note : President Alan M. Garber’s April 14 response to the Trump administration’s letter demanding sweeping changes in University governance and academic affairs has attracted unprecedented attention nationwide. It has also sparked an outpouring …
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 …
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 …
Cambridge Smorgasbord
… restaurants … 88565 … Restaurant Recommendations Cambridge 2025 … 1539 … 8472 … Cambridge Smorgasbord … article …
Issue: May-June 2025
Behind the Scenes: “A Right Way to Read?”
Staff writer Nina Pasquini examines the state of literacy education and the gaps between research, policy, and practice. As I began to report on literacy education earlier this year (see my feature, “A Right Way to Read?” ), it became clear how hard it is …
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. …
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
Radcliffe Fellows for 2015-2016 Announced
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has announced its fellows for 2015-2016. The more than 50 men and women include creative artists, humanists, scientists, and social scientists, each pursuing “an ambitious individual project within 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 …
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