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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Making Roads Safer for Pedestrians and Cyclists
Working to curb road deaths
Remembering John Corcoran ’84
An active life cut short
John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2025
Harvard Women's Fencing Head Coach Daria Schneider
A coach restores the luster to Harvard fencing.
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.
University People | January-February 2025
College Conversers
A Salon of “curious and earnest” inquisitors
Right Now | January-February 2025
Reassessing Punishments for Misdemeanors
In more misdemeanor cases, prosecutors should decline to proceed from the start.
John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2025
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.