Commentary
In-depth perspectives and critical analysis from faculty, editors, and readers on public affairs, higher education, and Harvard’s evolving mission.
12,000 Harvard Alumni File Amicus Brief in Funding Freeze Lawsuit
Alumni from every Harvard school and class since 1950 rally behind the University
by Nina Pasquini
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Trailblazer in Space Science: The Legacy of Harvard's Ursula B. Marvin
Brief life of a pioneering planetary geologist: 1921-2018
by David A. Kring
Origin Stories
Eminent professors’ life foundations
by Primus VI
Henry Rosovsky Memorial Service May 31
President Bacow invites the community to remember a Harvard giant.
by John S. Rosenberg
The Eviction of the Bow & Arrow Press
The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.
by Craig Lambert
The Climate Connection between Campus and Home
An undergraduate perspective on the gathering crisis
by Sofia Andrade
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Archibald Henry Grimke
Brief life of a Black Harvard Law School graduate: 1849-1930
by Kerri K. Greenidge
John Harvard, Reader
John Harvard’s reading matter, a scholar poet, the towering John Fox
by Primus VI
Cambridge 02138
Readers’ views about healthy diets, teachers off the tenure track, mitzvot, and more