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

Home, Harvard, and (Im)permanence

The complicated return to campus post-pandemic

by Sofia Andrade

Mum’s the Word

The endowment data drought, and the FAS dean’s downsized report

Letters to the Editor

EV’s, Frankfurter, Judaica, pandemic education, and more

The View from Mass Hall

President Bacow on critics constructive and otherwise

by Lawrence S. Bacow

“O” for Opportunity

The Supreme Court case, and articulating Harvard’s core values

“My Time in the Paint”

An athlete contends with injury and identity.

by Rachel Levy

Letters from our readers

That COVID cover, fracking, Radcliffe's welcome

Strategy—and a Celebration

The Corporation’s role in communicating University strategies—and the magazine’s 125th

The View from Mass Hall

The extraordinary promise of Harvard’s libraries

by Lawrence S. Bacow

The Parkland Generation

Coming of age in an era of gun violence

by Swathi Kella