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

Harvard Business School perspective on the 375th anniversary gala

A dispatch from the Business School's anniversary celebration

by Kate Dempsey St...

Harvard students and leaders commemorate September 11

The University community bears witness with music, words, and fellowship.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

An undergraduate volunteer looks at Ghana's growing private-school system

An undergraduate captures Ghana's growing private-school system in photographs.

by Sara Joe Wolansky

An undergraduate documents the impact of rural banking in Ghana

An undergraduate documents the impact of microfinance and rural banking in Ghana.

by Nur Nasreen Ibrahim

An undergraduate finds that her attempts to blend in are lost in translation

An undergraduate journalism intern in France gets lost in translation, but found by new friends.

by Nathalie Miraval

Spending the summer at home a senior trades Fruit Loops for Fiber One

Spending the summer at home, a senior trades Fruit Loops for Fiber One

by Brett Rosenberg

An undergraduate journalism intern searches Seoul for the best "bingsu" dessert

An undergraduate journalism intern explores Korea's shaved-ice cafés—and her feelings about being a food writer.

by Jane Seo

Reading at Harvard, and in ancient Rome

Reading at the College, and in ancient Rome

by Madeleine Schwartz

Harvard at 400

Visions of the University in 2036

by Craig Lambert

Schooled in Life

Alumni on undergraduate education, then and now

by Nell Porter-Brown