Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Travel Ban for Harvard’s International Students
A longer-term decision is expected within a week.
by Nina Pasquini
The End of the Harvard Square Pit
Reconstruction of a local landmark begins soon.
by Jacob Sweet
Cambridge 02138
Imposter syndrome, AI and authoritarianism, shopping week
Admissions Agenda
Thinking about how Harvard conducts admissions, as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in
by John S. Rosenberg
The Need for Communal Healing
Coming to terms with personal and pandemic grief
by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Richard Evans Schultes
Brief life of a pioneering ethnobotanist and conservationist: 1915-2001
by Mark J. Plotkin
Moveable Feast
Commencement venues through the ages
by Primus IV
A Multiverse of Might-Have-Beens
A 2021 graduate returns to campus for a belated Commencement that feels more like a reunion.
by Meena Venkataramanan
Cambridge 02138
“Shopping week,” workplace culture, solace, and other reader views
What We Keep
President Bacow on maintaining University values while adopting the best lessons learned during the pandemic
by Lawrence S. Bacow