Nina Pasquini

Nina Pasquini is a staff writer for Harvard Magazine. She graduated from Harvard College in 2021 and joined the magazine in 2023. She writes about education, the arts, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on how public policy shapes individual lives. Her feature on how “science of reading” reforms can obscure structural challenges in literacy education was one of the magazine’s most-read stories of 2024. (Read her behind-the-scenes account of reporting that article.) Before Harvard Magazine, she reported from Paris, Seoul, and Raleigh. She won a North Carolina Press Association Award for her feature on musicians’ mental health struggles during the pandemic for the Raleigh News & Observer.

Harvard Confers Six Honorary Degrees at Commencement

Abdul-Jabbar, Moreno join scholars in climate, poverty, immigration

Harvard Cancelled Affinity Celebrations. Students Held Them Anyway.

In hotels, parks, and churches, graduates decried the end of DEI programs.

Abdul-Jabbar Praises Harvard’s Stand Against the Trump Administration

NBA legend urges graduating seniors to stand up for justice.

Harvard Ramps Up Fundraising As Trump Admin Cuts Research Funds

This week in the battle between Harvard and the Trump administration 

A Magna Carta at Harvard Law School

A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment. 

Harvard Renames Diversity Office

The decision follows pressure from the Trump administration to eliminate DEI practices. 

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker

The basketball player and writer will address Harvard seniors on May 28.

Harvard Research on Hold

Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.

Paper Peepshows at Harvard's Baker Library

How “paper peepshows” brought distant realms to life

Jessica Shand—Math and Music at Harvard

Jessica Shand blends math and music.

Remembering Harvard Professor and Composer Earl Kim

A documentary revisits the composer and Harvard professor’s music.