Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Trump Administration Appeals Order Restoring $2.7 Billion in Funding to Harvard
The appeal, which had been expected, came two days before the deadline to file.
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow on Harvard’s challenge to federal efforts banning international students
Harvard in Allston: new possibilities?
Time to rethink the campus-development agenda?
Lessons from the natural world
The Undergraduate reassesses the rhythms of the natural world.
Calhoun-Fall
The rise and fall of Charleston’s John C. Calhoun statue, a monument to white supremacy
Letters from our readers
Health care, St. Louis, pioneering astronomer
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow on Harvard’s history of confronting—and helping conquer—pandemics
Harvard’s COVID-19 lessons, and new challenges
What Harvard has already learned from the pandemic—and strategic challenges to come
The Undergraduate faces life without handrails
The Undergraduate faces up to a postgraduate life without handrails.
by Julie Chung
Nicholas Burns on diplomacy’s role in fostering U.S. standing in the world
On restoring American leadership through diplomacy
Letting Go of the “Ideal” Classroom
“The ‘ideal’ classroom never existed anyway, at least not in a perfectly equitable manner,” writes Julie Chung ’20.
by Julie Chung