Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Getting to Mars (for Real)
Humans have been dreaming of living on the Red Planet for decades. Harvard researchers are on the case.
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
Letters from our readers
Liberal arts, repatriation, sea level, palindromes
Seeing Further
Harvard’s investment in quantum science
Endowment Enigmas
Risky entanglements in the political arena—and the potential for major new academic investments
Campus, Interrupted
The Undergraduate returns to student life, altered by the pandemic and a year spent apart.
Has Harvard “Divested”?
Interpreting President Bacow’s recent statement on climate change
Afghanistan Will Be What It Always Was
But will we be better? A veteran’s reflections
by Kit Parker
Letters from our readers
Restorative justice, Radcliffe rebranded, endowment reparations