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
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow on the Arnold Arboretum as a place for plants and people
Cultural Commitments
Harvard’s post-pandemic workplace culture
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
Campus, Interrupted
The Undergraduate returns to student life, altered by the pandemic and a year spent apart.
Letters from our readers
Liberal arts, repatriation, sea level, palindromes