Commentary
Breaking Bread
Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.
by Jack R. Trapanick
Graduation, Socially Distanced
Details of the virtual degree-conferral ceremonies
by John S. Rosenberg
The Coronavirus Spring
Campus and Commencement without people, social distance, Dr. Fauci, and a meaningful password
by Primus VI
Life After Harvard: The Pains and Pleasures of Alumni Reunions
How Harvard reunions are cast in Ceridwen Dovey’s Life After Truth
by Nell Porter Brown
Letting Go of the “Ideal” Classroom
“The ‘ideal’ classroom never existed anyway, at least not in a perfectly equitable manner,” writes Julie Chung ’20.
by Julie Chung
My Zero-Minute Commute to Zoom University
“The biggest obstacle to our collective learning is the elephant in the room: a global pandemic, taking place amid existing inequalities,” writes Drew Pendergrass ’20.
by Drew Pendergrass
Cambridge 02138
Authoritarianism, labor law, climate change, and more
Greetings from Elmwood
President Bacow on encountering—and coming to terms with—COVID-19
by Lawrence Bacow
What Counts
Faculty governance and long-range intellectual planning for Harvard
Will Truth Prevail?
A student scientist contemplates power and the denial of scholarship.
by Drew Pendergrass
The Federal Fisc
The politics, policymaking, and public consequences of mounting government debt—and how to cope with it
by Karen Dynan , Douglas Elmendorf