Commentary

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

Harvard football player runs with the ball, pursued by opposing players on the field.

Harvard Football: Villanova 52, Harvard 7

The Crimson’s inaugural playoff appearance is nasty, brutish, and short.

by Dick Friedman

Letters from our readers

Climate change, philanthropy, the GSAS naming gift

Not Sporting?

Crimson athletics meets the transfer portal, compensation for student names and images, different demographics, and other looming threats

An illustration of a young woman at an easel, holding a paintbrush and tracing a path while looking out across a landscape of other people following their own path

Uncharted Territory

A recent graduate thinks about what is means to take unconventional paths after Harvard.

by Josie Abugov

Cambridge 02138

Readers’ views about healthy diets, teachers off the tenure track, mitzvot, and more

President Lawrence S. Bacow

Farewell

Taking his leave, President Bacow concludes that truly, “At Harvard, wonders never cease.”  

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Unfinished Business

As President Bacow passes the baton to President Gay, work remains in Allston, online education, FAS planning, and admissions

The Climate Connection Between Campus and Home

An undergraduate perspective on the gathering crisis

by Sofia Andrade

Letters to the Editor

Readers’ views on the humanities, Romanian orphans, the Supreme Court, and more

President Lawrence S. Bacow

The View from Mass Hall

President Bacow on international students, immigrants, and refugees

by Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters 7 Ware Who Teaches

Undergraduates, their classes, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences