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

by Olivia Farrar

Big words and their use on campus

Big words and their use on campus

by Noah B. Pisner

Harvard's fundraising details

A letter from the editor

Letters on attentive Schlesinger, “Bellboys,” bigger data

Attentive Schlesinger, “Bellboys,” bigger data

Social medicine’s lessons for a first-year Harvard Medical School student

A medical student learns about SNAP and social medicine.

by J Bradley Segal

An undergraduate considers peers’ views on motherhood at an early age

The Undergraduate ponders a phenomenon both alien and familiar.

by Jessica Salley

Drew Faust on the value of the humanities

A letter from President Faust

A letter from the editor

A letter from the editor

Letters on loving L.A., Robert Frost, Keystone XL, and more

Letters on loving L.A., Robert Frost, Keystone XL, and more

Radcliffe's Tony Horwitz travels the Keystone XL pipeline

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Radcliffe Institute Fellow reports on a road trip.