Lately, it seems like we’ve been seeing a lot of Sydney Sweeney. The blonde, blue-eyed actress has been all over everyone’s feed in controversial advertisements, from Dr. Squatch to American Eagle and, most recently, Novig, a sports-betting company. Sweeney seems to lose more and more clothing as the advertisements continue, and backlash to such risqué […]
Every gym class in my elementary school ended the same way. We formed two lines and shook hands with the other team. I went to a small all-girls school in New York City. We certainly weren’t professional athletes, yet our teachers repeatedly instilled in us the value of sportsmanship. Losing graciously is hard, especially at […]
In a recent interview with CNBC, Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University’s Maurits C. Boas Professor of Economics and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warned that the United States is hurtling toward an unavoidable debt crisis, citing concerns about annual deficits and a lack of political urgency. Rogoff cautioned that the situation may […]
It was a typical evening at Harvard’s historic concrete bowl. The last rays of sunshine illuminated the top of the stadium while AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” boomed overhead. A couple of members of the public were attempting the infamous stadium walk, climbing and descending each section of stairs. Fortunately for my quads, I was not here to […]
For students and faculty who spent nearly a decade pushing Harvard toward fossil fuel divestment, the annual Climate Report was the one concrete way to assess whether the University was trying to fulfill its promises. Now, with that report absent for a second consecutive year, members of the divestment movement—including student organization Sunrise Harvard and […]
Summer 2026 brought four breakthroughs in cancer research within a single month. These included new laboratory models of cancer, personalized cancer vaccines, a drug that targets proteins scientists once thought were invincible, and improved immunotherapy effectiveness. International research teams made the progress, but Harvard affiliates were at the center of each advancement, highlighting the University’s […]
Earlier this year, I found myself roasting in the Tercentenary Theatre—otherwise known as the Yard—for my older brother’s graduation. The speeches went on and on and on and … you get the gist. There were just so many speeches—a lot of boring ones, some funny ones (thank you, Conan O’Brien ’85 and Ronny Chieng). What […]
Baba Yaga is hard to categorize. Depending on whom you ask, she is a Slavic witch, a folkloric ogress, a wise and helpful woman, or a combination of all three. She travels through the forest on a flying mortar, carries a pestle as a weapon, and—most famously—lives in a wandering wooden house balanced on two […]
What does it feel like to drown? It takes a while for the realization to hit—you might not reach the surface again. Eventually, you gain awareness that the subtle waft of air flowing in and out, a sensation you once took for granted, is now gone. Contrary to your instincts, breathing deeper doesn’t help; it […]
“The Way We Never Were” is a photography collection on view at the Harvard Art Museums from Aug. 29 to May 9, 2027. This exhibition features an archive selection assembled in the 1970s by sociologist and curator Barbara P. Norfleet, who earned a PhD in social psychology from Harvard University in 1957. Alongside her archival […]