Commentary

In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.

An image of a hand drawing digital symbols related to a supply chain over a background of 1s and 0s representing artificial intelligence

How AI Is Reshaping Supply Chains

Harvard Kennedy School lecturer on using AI to strengthen supply chains

by Olivia Farrar

Drew Faust

President Faust on Harvard outreach to low-income applicants

A letter from President Faust

Letters on scarcity, energy options, David Ferry, home schooling, and more

Scarcity, energy options, David Ferry, home schooling, and more

Measuring the worth of higher education

A letter from the editor

A New Jersey Transit train crosses a 1910 bridge in Kearney, N.J., over which 150,000 to 200,000 passengers cross daily—making it perhaps the busiest rail span in the Western Hemisphere. It is obsolete, but a $940-million plan to replace it remains unfunded.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter on solving America’s infrastructure problems

Rosabeth Moss Kanter on solving America’s infrastructure problems

by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Olympic aftermath: the 2004 Athens softball venue, derelict a decade later

The economics of a Boston Olympics analyzed

An economic analyst of sports dissects the assumptions behind Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympics.

by Andrew Zimbalist

A final, post-graduation night at Harvard, recalled one year out

The night after Commencement, one year out

by Noah B. Pisner

A Harvard undergraduate on growing up and taking risks

A Harvard undergraduate ponders growing up and taking risks.

by Maia Silber

Harvard students find not being connected is not really an option, but still…

Harvard students find that not being connected is not really an option, but still…

by Olivia Munk

Drew Faust

President Faust describes how the Harvard community faced the winter of 2015

A letter from President Faust

Harvard College honor code

A letter from the editor

by John S. Rosenberg