University News | October 8, 2025

The Origins of Europe’s Most Mysterious Languages

A small group of Siberian hunter-gatherers changed the way millions of Europeans speak today.

Published in the November-December 2025 print issue under the headline “Europe’s Mystery Languages,” in the section.

Amid contract negotations, two unions are discussing a joint walkout this fall.

Professor Cornell William Brooks and Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts hold a lively debate on DEI and Project 2025.

The University has pushed the adoption of AI into teaching and operations, but faculty resistance is growing louder.

A former Harvard College writing tutor changes her mind on LLMs.

The microbiome may be socially exchanged, modulating both health and metabolism.

Another opening-day win brings a quarterback question.

Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion

In 2004, a frenzy spread across Harvard Yard in days. Four billion users later, we are only just catching up.

The president of Harvard Magazine’s Board of Directors will step down in September.