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A Harvard Law School graduate completes marathons in all 50 states.  

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The Dark History Behind Chocolate

A Harvard course on the politics and culture of food

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A Shakespearean Romance

Fifty Years with The Riverside Shakespeare

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Climate-Solutions Investments Exceed 1 Percent of Endowment Assets

Harvard Management Company’s fourth annual climate report

University Finances |

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Features | May-June 2024

Plants on a Changing Planet

How long will the world’s forests impound carbon below ground?

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Harvard College Reinstitutes Mandatory Testing

Applicants for the class of 2029 must submit scores.

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Claudine Gay in First Post-Presidency Appearance

At Morning Prayers, speaks of resilience and the unknown

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Features
May-June 2024

Exploring Political Tribalism and American Politics

Mina Cikara explores how political tribalism feeds the American bipartisan divide.

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Right Now
May-June 2024

Private Equity in Medicine and the Quality of Care

Hundreds of U.S. hospitals are owned by private equity firms—does monetizing medicine affect the quality of care?

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John Harvard's Journal
May-June 2024

Construction on Commercial Enterprise Research Campus in Allston

Construction on Harvard’s commercial enterprise research campus and new theater in Allston

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Harvard Squared
May-June 2024

What is the Best Breakfast and Lunch in Harvard Square?

The cafés and restaurants of Harvard Square sure to impress for breakfast and lunch.

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3 Facts That Help Explain a Confusing Economic Moment

The New York Times | 4.13.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Off-Kilter Economy

Claudine Gay speaks of her mother's immigrant journey from Haiti in the first public remarks at Harvard since resigning as university president

The Boston Globe | 4.12.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Claudine Gay in First Post-Presidency Appearance

Harvard Is Bringing Back Standardized Tests. Other Schools Should, Too.

The New York Times | 4.13.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard College Reinstitutes Mandatory Testing

The leader of U.S.A.I.D. cites ‘credible’ assessments that famine has begun in northern Gaza.

The New York Times | 4.11.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: An End to Evasion

Harvard Will Require Test Scores for Admission

The New York Times | 4.11.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard College Reinstitutes Mandatory Testing

Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023

The New York Times | 4.10.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The China Project

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Harvard in the headlines

Harvard Magazine sorts through news and commentary in other media and shares diverse views with you. Learn more.

3 Facts That Help Explain a Confusing Economic Moment

The New York Times | 4.13.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Off-Kilter Economy

Claudine Gay speaks of her mother's immigrant journey from Haiti in the first public remarks at Harvard since resigning as university president

The Boston Globe | 4.12.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Claudine Gay in First Post-Presidency Appearance

Harvard Is Bringing Back Standardized Tests. Other Schools Should, Too.

The New York Times | 4.13.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard College Reinstitutes Mandatory Testing

The leader of U.S.A.I.D. cites ‘credible’ assessments that famine has begun in northern Gaza.

The New York Times | 4.11.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: An End to Evasion

Read more articles

Harvard in the headlines

Harvard Magazine sorts through news and commentary in other media and shares diverse views with you. Learn more.

3 Facts That Help Explain a Confusing Economic Moment

The New York Times | 4.13.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: The Off-Kilter Economy

Claudine Gay speaks of her mother's immigrant journey from Haiti in the first public remarks at Harvard since resigning as university president

The Boston Globe | 4.12.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Claudine Gay in First Post-Presidency Appearance

Harvard Is Bringing Back Standardized Tests. Other Schools Should, Too.

The New York Times | 4.13.2024

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard College Reinstitutes Mandatory Testing

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Realistic diorama of an old growth forest

Treasure
May-June 2023

The Harvard Forest Dioramas

Scenes of an ever-changing forest, in miniature

Portrait of Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson, ca. 1922

Features
May-June 2022

Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson

Brief life of a dauntless educator: 1887-1951

John Harvard's Journal
May-June 2022

The Truth About Imposter Syndrome

Thoughts on a perennial undergraduate complaint

An illustration of people engaging in vigorous, animated dialogue

Features
May-June 2021

Humanities and democratic discourse belong together

Active citizens are humanists.

Boardwalk by Taunton River and Braga Bridge overhead

Harvard Squared
May-June 2023

Fall River: Phoenix Rising?

“A good place to be pleasantly surprised”

A rendering of MASS Design’s proposal to reclaim the waterfront and renew Poughkeepsie’s center

Features
May-June 2023

Building a Better World

MASS Design’s healing architecture

Portrait photograph of Maggie Shipstead

Montage
May-June 2021

Novelist Maggie Shipstead and “Great Circle”

Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel

Pediatrician Eileen Costello stands next to the Boston Medical Center’s mobile pediatric clinic.

Alumni
May-June 2021

Pediatrician Eileen Costello, profiled by Nell Porter Brown

A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.