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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Mysterious Minis
Intricate mosaics shrouded in mystery
Leading with Care
Michael Hill strikes the right balance.
A Dogged Observer
Novelist and psychiatrist Daniel Mason takes the long view.
Talking about Talking
Fostering healthy disagreement
Controlling AI Influence over Consumers
When pricing algorithms take advantage of an individual’s ignorance, legal scrutiny is in order.
Harvard Historians on Trump
Harvard historians’ Supreme Court brief
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.”