Max J. Krupnick

Max J. Krupnick is a staff writer for Harvard Magazine. He is a graduate of Yale University and has worked at the magazine since March 2023. He writes about student life, sports, and research. He was at the forefront of reporting on Harvard’s campus unrest following Hamas’s October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel and the ensuing war in the Middle East. He met with students, faculty, and alumni across the ideological spectrum, attended talks and protests, and wrote both breaking news stories and longer reflections.

Max extensively researches his stories, talking to multiple sources, poring through scholarly research, and rigorously fact-checking. Read his behind the scenes story about reporting his feature profile of psychology professor Mina Cikara, who studies group behavior.

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Remembering John Corcoran ’84

An active life cut short

Five Questions with George Cooper ’25 on Student-Musicians

The College senior on a mixtape of songs produced by student-musicians

Five Questions with Audrey Chang ’25 of the Harvard Responsible Computing Club

The College senior on creating structures for responsible tech use

Harvard Settles Antisemitism Lawsuits

Adopts IHRA definition, bolsters antisemitism education

Harvard Football Goes Bowling

In a new sports environment, a major shift in Ivy policy

Antisemitism on Campuses

Jewish studies faculty react to a year of turmoil. 

College Conversers

A Salon of “curious and earnest” inquisitors

Reassessing Punishments for Misdemeanors

In more misdemeanor cases, prosecutors should decline to proceed from the start.

Harvard Library Protests and Free Speech

Balancing academic requirements and free speech, in a semester calm enough to permit more focus on Harvard’s core strengths—and questions of governance

The Rights of Nature

A Harvard course explores legal personhood for natural beings.