Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
How AI Is Reshaping Supply Chains
Harvard Kennedy School lecturer on using AI to strengthen supply chains
Harvard through an African filter
The Undergraduate looks at Harvard through an African filter.
Letters from our readers
Tax reform, shopping week, and enabling expertise
Getting Harvard’s Gen Ed right, finally
The urgency of getting Gen Ed right
The Undergraduate tours Harvard
What makes it “real”?
Alexander Solzhenitsyn at Harvard, and the “circle of consequence”
Echoes of a Harvard Commencement speech 40 years on
A century apart, two Harvard alumni find each other in the American South.
A century apart, two alumni find each other in the American South.
Letters from Our Readers
Feeding the world, Alain Locke’s faith, divestment
Harvard president-elect Lawrence Bacow’s agenda
Ideas for the president-elect’s consideration, from costs and partnerships to Allston and admissions
The view from Mass Hall
At work on Harvard’s Washington agenda
The Undergraduate shifts from physics to psychology
The Undergraduate chooses a concentration.