Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández
A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago
Cultural Commitments
Harvard’s post-pandemic workplace culture
Letters from our readers
Legacies, football, knitting
Harvard and the Cult of Robert E. Lee
How alumni shaped the General’s post-war reputation.
Being Alive Together
Stephen Sondheim, Omicron, and the Power of Theater
Cambridge, 02138
Endowment litigation, food waste, western Massachusetts
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow on Harvard Divinity School
On Readers’ Behalf
Recognizing writers and artists for distinguished work during 2021
Crimson Clear
Time for greater Harvard transparency
Letters from our readers
Liberal arts, repatriation, sea level, palindromes
Seeing Further
Harvard’s investment in quantum science