With education becoming increasingly digital and AI slowly impeding university classrooms, the Harvard Independent surveyed Harvard College undergraduates to understand student engagement with and opinions on machines of all kinds for our 2025 issue “Reboot.” Over a three-day period, the Independent received responses across grade levels and concentrations. Note that all questions were anonymous and […]
On Sept. 9, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum opened the fall semester featuring Professor Arthur C. Brooks in conversation with Tarek Masoud. Drawing on his new book, “The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life,” Brooks offered a practical blueprint for contentment, urging his audience to take leisure seriously, embrace calibrated risk, and treat […]
As generative artificial intelligence becomes increasingly central to how people seek information, the journalism industry faces a dilemma. Large language models may not yet be able to break news, but they can synthesize it immediately. With this, what incentivizes readers to visit multiple online publications and sustain civic participation; and if journalism becomes an obsolete […]
*Due to the sensitivity of mental health work, the majority of representatives the Independent spoke with chose to remain anonymous. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for college students in the United States. With an average of 24,000 attempts and 1,100 deaths per year, mental health services are starting to be seen as […]
In recent months, the United States has shifted towards an increasingly isolationist trade stance, imposing wide-ranging tariffs and retreating from its traditional role as a champion of open markets. This change in commercial policy has sparked debates about the future of global economic integration and is raising questions about whether the world is entering a […]
The Harvard Outing Club offers students the chance to step outside the University’s urban setting and explore outdoor spaces across New England. Through weekly trips that range from Boston-area outings to weekend hikes, the student-run group aims to make the outdoors more accessible to the Harvard community. “HOC is Harvard’s main outdoor recreation club, but […]
Since its founding, Harvard has been renowned for its rich military history—starting with the University’s “Indian College’s” involvement in King Phillip’s War in 1675 and progressing into the modern day with the University’s distinguished Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. The University currently holds the title for the most Medal of Honor recipient alumni out of […]
Over the past five months, Harvard University and the Trump administration have clashed in a series of policy disputes. On April 14, the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion of federal funding from Harvard; on April 16, the federal government threatened Harvard’s international student enrollment eligibility; and on April 21, Harvard filed suit against the administration. […]
Three weeks ago, Columbia University announced a $221 million settlement with the Trump administration to resolve alleged violations of anti-discrimination laws and restore research funding. The deal followed months of tension between the federal government and higher education institutions—and may suggest that peer institutions are reaching similar agreements. With the fall semester approaching, post-secondary education […]
After months of resistance against the federal government, Harvard University may soon reach a settlement with the Trump administration. Reports of these deliberations come just weeks after Brown University and Columbia University agreed to settlements to restore withheld federal funding. Persistent funding cuts to post-secondary academic institutions nationwide now total between $6.9 and $8.2 billion. […]