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.”