Graduate & Professional Schools
Should AI Be Scaled Down?
The case for maximizing AI models’ efficiency—not size
by Nina Pasquini
Harvard Commencement to Be Virtual Again
The 370th degree-conferral will be online for the second consecutive year—with Ruth Simmons as guest speaker.
by John S. Rosenberg
Unconventional Venture Capital
The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.
by Jonathan Shaw
Shaping Cities
Stephen Gray pioneers equitable urban design.
by Jacob Sweet
Due Process
Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”
by Lydialyle Gibson
U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik Removed from IOP Advisory Committee
“Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election that have no basis in evidence,” Harvard Kennedy School dean Doug Elmendorf wrote.
“A 500-Year Building”
A new center for engineering and applied sciences—finally
by Jonathan Shaw
The Financial Fallout…So Far
The pandemic—and prospects for the University and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
by John S. Rosenberg
Broadening the Faculty’s Ranks
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ annual report on the professoriate—and the challenges of making it more diverse
by John S. Rosenberg
News Briefs
Updates on the spring term, naming conventions, and racial equity
by John S. Rosenberg
The Education of a Harvard Lawyer
An alumna looks back.
by Nancy Boxley Tepper