Commentary

Alexander Heffner and Governor Maura Healey

Alumni Profiles |

Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Videos |

A Ray of Light amid Middle East Devastation

Harvard’s Lisa Randall on Israeli and Palestinian Scientists Working Together

by Olivia Farrar

illustration of a man with backpack approaching a open green lawn with holes in the lawn shaped as thought bubbles with University Hall in the distance the the silhouette of protesters on either side of the building

University People | July-August 2024

The Missing Middle

How overheated political attention warps campus life

by Aden Barton

Herbert C. Kelman and Everett I. Mendelsohn

The College Pump | July-August 2024

Peacemakers

Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East

by Primus VI

An illustration of generations of computers, from large machines to smartphones and the cloud

Features | July-August 2024

Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity

Reflections on six decades of relations with computers

by Harry R. Lewis

Corita Kent’s a man you can lean on (1966) plays with its medium: screenprints are not reversed in the making, but her image is.

Montage | July-August 2024

On Being “Printerly”

An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.

by Murray Whyte

May 1976, John Finley’s last lecture, Sanders Theatre

Features | July-August 2024

John H. Finley Jr.

Brief life of a masterful House Master: 1904-1995

by Constantine Archimedes Valhouli

Illustration of Harvard fencer competing in Paris Olympics 1924

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2024

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Letters | July-August 2024

Duplicate Copies: A note to readers

Rationalizing mailing to ensure service

Letters | July-August 2024

Collateral Damage

Diminished academic freedom, endangered disciplines, lost academic focus, and more

Letters | July-August 2024

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