University News
Breaking Bread
Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.
by Jack R. Trapanick
New Digs
Claudine Gay’s first day in her presidential office
After Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court upends admissions.
by Jonathan Shaw , Lincoln Caplan
Irene Soto Marín
Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.
by Max J. Krupnick
News in Brief
New Arts and Sciences dean, chief financial officer, Allston construction, and more
Honoring Alumni Interviewers
Miller-Hunn Award recipients
A “Scholar’s Scholar”
A profile of Harvard’s thirtieth president
by John S. Rosenberg
The New Crew
The 2023-24 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows.
The Elephant in the Room
Conservative undergraduates’ campus debates
by Max J. Krupnick
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
by Jonathan Shaw
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
by Max J. Krupnick