Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
Jack Reardon and Walter Cabot, Remembered
Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion
by Primus VI
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
On Readers’ Behalf
Recognizing writers and artists for distinguished work during 2021
Crimson Clear
Time for greater Harvard transparency
Cambridge, 02138
Endowment litigation, food waste, western Massachusetts
The View from Mass Hall
President Bacow on Harvard Divinity School
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.