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Harvard Magazine
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Harvard Magazine is a bimonthly magazine that balances intellectual substance with human interest, educating and entertaining readers with reporting on research and breakthroughs in business, the arts, literature, tech, science, higher education, and more.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 47m
On Tuesday, Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel received one of the field’s highest honors: the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture. He sat down with Harvard Magazine to discuss globalization, inequality, meritocracy, and higher education.

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Harvard Professor Michael Sandel Wins Philosophy’s Berggruen Prize | Harvard Magazine
The creator of the popular ‘Justice’ course receives a $1 million award.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 54m
Harvard University's annual financial report for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2025 was published on Thursday. The report shows a $113 million operating deficit and suggests severe financial and academic challenges on the horizon.

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Harvard’s Endowment, Donations Rise—but the University Runs a Deficit | Harvard Magazine
The annual financial report signals severe challenges to come.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 23h
For the second year in a row, the question of how to teach healthy dialogue was a prominent topic of discussion at the 2025 Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) conference.

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Helping Harvard Students Disagree | Harvard Magazine
A facilitated conversation about facilitating conversation
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 1d
After being detained by U.S. Customs after returning from spring break, Harvard University undergraduate Andrés Muedano reflects on the challenges and unexpected fears international students currently face.

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An International Student on Staying Silent in Trump’s America | Harvard Magazine
What is the price of a Harvard education?
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 2d
At Harvard’s Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) conference in late September, faculty from across the University shared some of the ways they’re rethinking assignments and instruction with AI in mind.

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Harvard’s New Playbook for Teaching with AI | Harvard Magazine
Faculty across Harvard are rethinking assignments to integrate AI.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 6d
Three Harvard University-connected scholars were named @macfound.org MacArthur Fellows this week: Robinson professor of mathematics Lauren K. Williams, political scientist Hahrie Han ’97, and astrophysicist Kareem El-Badry.

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Three Harvardians win MacArthur Fellowships | Harvard Magazine
A mathematician, a political scientist, and an astrophysicist are honored with “genius” grants for their work.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 6d
“The classroom must remain the center of gravity for our students,” said Dean Hopi Hoekstra at the first @harvard.edu FAS meeting of the year, citing concerns about grade inflation, declining academic focus, and reluctance to speak freely in class.

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The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Zeroes in on the Classroom Experience | Harvard Magazine
Class schedules and academics are at the top of the agenda for Harvard faculty.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 14d
Calling research universities “an enormously important part of our national life,” former Vice President Mike Pence expressed both support for and criticism of Harvard during a packed talk Tuesday evening at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS).

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At Harvard, Mike Pence Discusses Democracy and Conservatism | Harvard Magazine
The former vice president denounces political violence, expresses hope for a deal between Trump and the University.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 15d
President Trump told reporters in the White House Tuesday that a deal with Harvard was imminent, even as his administration announced a new effort to squeeze the University’s finances.

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Trump Says a Deal with Harvard Is Close | Harvard Magazine
Administration squeezes Harvard finances, and a federal judge blasts deportation efforts as unconstitutional.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 20d
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most significant global health threats of the 21st century. In the U.S. alone, more than 2.8 million antimicrobial-resistant infections occur each year. Experts gathered to discuss at a Mass General panel.

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What Happens When Infections Stop Responding to Antibiotics? | Harvard Magazine
Harvard Medical School experts discuss the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 20d
During the past several days, the Trump administration has renewed its pressure campaign against Harvard, opening up fresh avenues of attack. These include cash monitoring and requiring Harvard to provide a $36 million letter of credit.

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Trump Administration Unveils New Attacks on Harvard | Harvard Magazine
Government tightens financial oversight of Harvard, threatens to pull student aid.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 22d
In Karla Cornejo Villavicencio's 2024 novel “Catalina,” the titular protagonist—a spirited Harvard senior—juggles schoolwork, romance, and her status as an undocumented immigrant.

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Being Undocumented in America | Harvard Magazine
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s writing aims to challenge assumptions.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 23d
Saturday’s Stetson-Harvard game served as a nice tune-up for
Harvard Football. Playing the opener of its 151st season, the Crimson tacked on two more touchdowns and cruised to a 59-7 victory.

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Harvard Football: Harvard 59, Stetson 7 | Harvard Magazine
In season opener, the Crimson dispatch the overmatched Hatters.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 24d
In his new book “Black Moses,” journalist and professor Caleb Gayle M.B.A.-M.P.P. ’19 tells the story of Edward McCabe: the man who tried to found a state for Black people after the American Civil War and Reconstruction—and almost succeeded.

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Civil Rights in the American West | Harvard Magazine
A new book chronicles one man’s quest for a Black state.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 24d
Tucked away in Rockport, Massachusetts, there's particularly curious two-room summer house: the cottage, built in the early 1920s, has walls made entirely out of paper, and furniture devised out of tightly scrolled newspaper sheets.

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A Paper House in Massachusetts | Harvard Magazine
The 1920s Rockport cottage reflects resourceful ingenuity.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 27d
Through change and through storm, the 152nd season of Harvard football will kick off on Saturday, September 20th in DeLand, Florida against Stetson University. The Crimson finished the 2024 season 8-2 overall and 5-2 in the Ivy League.

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Harvard Football Team Starts Off an Ivy League Favorite | Harvard Magazine
The 152nd Crimson season kicks off Saturday against Stetson.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 27d
As artificial intelligence rapidly expands across industries, its environmental toll also rises. An expert panel from
@harvardsalata.bsky.social's Climate Action Week 2025 identified several key priorities for advancing “Green AI.”

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Green AI: Hype or Hope? | Harvard Magazine
An expert panel explores AI’s climate impact, from emissions to water use.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · 29d
Harvard's dining halls serve an average of 23,000 meals each day during the academic year—adding up to more than 5 million meals annually. This scale means how food is grown, sourced, and served carries significant environmental implications.

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Sustainability on the Menu | Harvard Magazine
Harvard’s sustainable meals program aims to support local farms, protect oceans, and limit waste.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 12
How much do you know about the history of drawing? The exhibition “Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black,” on view at the Harvard Art Museums through January 18, 2026, offers a rare tribute to drawing as both a process and product.

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What of the Humble Pencil? | Harvard Magazine
Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 12
Is the U.S. Constitution broken? This year has seen an unprecedented number of legal challenges for the nation’s founding document. On Wednesday, constitutional law scholars Aziz Rana ’00, Ph.D. ’07 and Harvard Law School's Noah R. Feldman discussed.

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Is the Constitution Broken? | Harvard Magazine
Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 11
A Harvard spokesperson has indicated that it will restore many of Harvard’s research funds, after a federal judge ruled last week that the government’s decision to withhold more than $2.2 billion in funding was illegal.

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Harvard Research Funding Will Resume, Government Signals | Harvard Magazine
Notices of grant reinstatements follow a court ruling, but the Trump administration could still appeal.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 9
A new field of research suggests that mitochondria are more than “the powerhouses of the cell.” James Donald McCully, an professor of surgery @harvardmed.bsky.social, has pioneered the use of these organelles to treat newborns with damaged hearts.

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Do Mitochondria Hold the Power to Heal? | Harvard Magazine
From Alzheimer’s to cancer, this tiny organelle might expand treatment options.
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 8
Is doxxing a form of justice or an assault on free speech? Both interpretations have collided at Harvard since October 7th 2023, exposing deep divisions over the meaning of community, responsibility, and free expression.

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Two Years of Doxxing at Harvard | Harvard Magazine
What happens when students are publicly named and shamed for their views?
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 8
“As soon as life existed,” says neuroscientist and professor of psychology Samuel Gershman, “memory existed.” To respond adaptively, a cell has to learn and remember, says Gershman. But how, without neurons and synapses, without brains?

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How Do Single-Celled Organisms Learn and Remember? | Harvard Magazine
A Harvard neuroscientist’s quest to model memory
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Harvard Magazine @harvardmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 5
Around 530 million years ago, life on Earth radically changed. Why? Javier Ortega-Hernández, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard discusses the Cambrian explosion and what the fossil record says.

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