Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Harvard Football: Villanova 52, Harvard 7
The Crimson’s inaugural playoff appearance is nasty, brutish, and short.
Derek Bok on reforming higher ed
Derek Bok and other scholars weigh in on improving universities and colleges—and why that’s hard to do.
The Undergraduate looks at cycles in college friendships
The Undergraduate contemplates cycles in college friendships.
Harvard satirized, critiqued, aflame
A fresh source for Harvard humor, a critique embedded in a memorium, and historic photos of a famous campus fire
by Primus VI
College Hackathons
On the draws and limitations of college hackathons
by Alisha Ukani
Federal funding at risk
The administration’s potentially costly misunderstanding about science
Harvard undergraduate memes
The Undergraduate dives into meme culture.
Letters from our readers
Readers comment on linguistics and sign language, academic class gaps, “Fair Harvard,” final clubs, and more.
The view from Mass Hall
President Drew Faust on scientific research and federal funding
The Citizen’s Right to Know
Anthony Lewis ’48 and media colleagues discuss “a basic issue of constitutional democracy” during the Watergate spring of 1973.
Letters from our readers
Readers comment on Houghton Library, coddled campuses, labor law, and more.