Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Harvard Faculty Group Proposes Limits on A Grades
The grade inflation measure requires a full faculty vote, expected in the spring.
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
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