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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Defending Civil Discourse on Campus

PEN America organizes free speech summit at Harvard 

Fostering Healthy Debate at the Harvard Kennedy School

Fostering healthy debate at the Kennedy School

Solving Dehydration

A simple solution that saved millions

Break Every Chain

How black plaintiffs in the Jim Crow South sought justice

Tom Hyry

What Harvard's special collections librarian has learned from athletics, activism

Harvard President Claudine Gay Testifies Before Congress

On antisemitism, “I have sought to confront hate while preserving free expression.”

Bearing Witness to Terrorism

Harvard Chabad, IDF, and Bill Ackman screen October 7 Hamas footage

From the Field to the Front Office

Harvard alumni executives in sports

The male-female longevity gap widens

Men’s lower life expectancy fueled by COVID-19, overdoses

Mick Mulvaney Changes His Mind

You should, too, says President Trump’s former chief of staff.

Parenting Digital Kids

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy advises parents on child social media usage

New Dean for Public Health

Environmental scientist and endocrinologist Andrea Baccarelli studies the biological impacts of pollution.