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Football: The 2022 Preview
Mercifully, the annual 42-week interlude between Harvard football games will end this Friday evening when the Crimson begins its 148th season by taking on Merrimack at Harvard Stadium. (Kickoff: 7 p.m. ) When we left you at the Yale Bowl last November 20, …
Harvard Panel Debunks the Population Implosion Myth
Headlines lately have proclaimed a crisis of falling birth rates in the United States, but a closer look at the evidence recalls the famous phrase popularized by Mark Twain: “Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” At a Chan School of Public Health panel this …
House Committee Subpoenas Harvard Over Tuition Costs
… to that decision.” Harvard’s tuition—at $86,926 for the 2025-2026 academic year , a 4.9-percent increase over the …
In Sermon, Garber Urges Harvard Community to ‘Defend and Protect’ Institutions
… truth.” “That was a tall order in 1886—taller still in 2025,” Garber said, reflecting on the struggle common to …
Harvard Admits Record-Low 5.2 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2020
Harvard College announced today that 2,037 students have been offered admission to the class of 2020 ( including the 918 previously notified that they were granted early-action admission ). The College received 39,041 applications, up 4.6 percent from the …
Harvard’s Standoff: The Fight’s Key Players
Harvard Magazine has compiled key players on both sides of the conflict, from those in the Trump administration leading the crackdown to the Harvard faculty and administrators fighting back. Click here to read comprehensive coverage of Harvard in the …
Issue: July-August 2025
Harvard’s Standoff: The Financial Stakes
Harvard’s $53.2-billion endowment might sound limitless, but not when compared to the University’s annual expenses: $6.5 billion. If Harvard relied entirely on the endowment to fund its operations (ignoring investment returns), the total would be depleted …
Issue: July-August 2025
Enlarging the Allston Enterprise Zone
… of uses for this second phase, which will take shape after 2025, will depend in part on the success of the first phase, …
Behind the Scenes: Inside Your Guide to the Standoff
When I began my new role as editor of Harvard Magazine in April, the University was in a state of turmoil. The Trump administration had just sent a list of extraordinary demands to Harvard in exchange for restoring billions of dollars of federal grants. …
Harvard Class of 2028 Demographics Disclosed
Joining other institutions , Harvard College today disclosed the demographic characteristics of the class of 2028—the first admitted since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June 2023 that outlawed consideration of race in admissions reviews. Of the 1,647 …
Caroline Engelmayer’s 2020/2021 Address: Iter Perpetuum
Praeses Bacow, decani notissimi, professores doctissimi, familiae honoratissimae, hospites clarissimi, et tandem, vos, condiscipuli carissimi: salvete omnes. mihi magno honori est apud vos in hoc foro, quod Theatrum Tercentenarium appellamus, verba …
Plans for a Faculty Senate Move Forward
Members of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) are moving forward with plans to establish a University-wide faculty senate, Conant University Professor Danielle Allen said at the May 6 meeting—where FAS Dean Hopi Hoekstra also recognized faculty …
Photographs from Commencement Week 2023
On assignment for Harvard Magazine , Jim Harrison has captured the emotions, traditions, and historic moments at Harvard Commencements for decades. During this 372nd Commencement—a return to near-normalcy, after the pandemic years—the large cohort of 2023 …
Losing the Will to Argue—Civilly—is a National Risk, Professor Says
… how to argue, properly. On May 28, addressing the Class of 2025, Snow warned that many of the values Harvard claims to …
Harvard Renames Diversity Office
The University announced Monday that it will rename its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging the “Office for Community and Campus Life.” Hours later, the new office informed affinity groups via email that it would not host or fund …