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Is Harvard Antisemitic?

Two reports investigate hatred and anti-Israel sentiment.

by Max J. Krupnick

“Stay in Your Cocoon!”

Conan O'Brien ’85 speaks to the Class of 2020

by Jacob Sweet

The COVID-19 Commencement

During the pandemic, a downsized, online degree-conferral—and stern words about the war on free expression and Veritas

by John S. Rosenberg , Jacob Sweet

A Faculty Meeting “Unlike Any Other”

The last regular Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting of the year, convened remotely, addresses teaching, finances, and climate change.

by John S. Rosenberg

The Campus, Quieted

The sudden dispersal from Cambridge and Boston, Commencement postponed, and the looming financial consequences

by John S. Rosenberg

The Early Bird

A quest to chronicle New York City’s avian community

by Nell Porter Brown

The End of Spontaneity

Lauren Fadiman ’21 on being away from college, where one is never alone

by Lauren Fadiman

All College Spring-Semester Grades Will Be Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory

“We cannot proceed as if nothing has changed,” FAS dean Claudine Gay wrote. “Everything has changed." 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

College Admits 4.9 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2024

And the term bill exceeds $70,000 for the first time. 

“Don’t Zoom While Driving”

On taking a Harvard Gen Ed class remotely with William C. Kirby

by John S. Rosenberg

Second Chances in CS50

In a paper aimed at fellow educators, David Malan reports on interventions designed to teach academic honesty in the wildly popular introductory computer science course he teaches at Harvard. 

by Jonathan Shaw