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Ed Sheeran Isn’t the Only One Who’s Lost His Voice
Ed Sheeran lost something when he capitulated to Robert Kraft. Harvard must rein in the influence of its donors — before education loses, too.
Reboot AI
Harvard is overwhelmed by the volume and variety of issues related to AI. Trying to load too many processes simultaneously, we are incapable of running any of them. We need to reboot.
HUDS Workers Should Not Be Gig Workers
Do we really want the people who show up every day to prepare our food to also have to juggle part time work like Uber, Doordash, house cleaning, or home repairs just to afford their most basic needs?
We Need To Talk About Sexual Violence on Campus
I am so proud of Jane Doe for having the strength to file a lawsuit. But I also think of the many survivors who couldn’t. That includes me.
HKS Used Free Speech as a Cop-Out
HKS made a mistake honoring Kristof the first time, and doubled down by refusing to rescind that honor. But the school erred most seriously by making a mockery of its own stated values.
Artificial Education
Machine conversation is not free. It comes at the cost of our common life together as teachers, learners, and researchers, colleagues, mentors, and friends.
HMS, Leaving Politics at the Door Harms Our Patients
HMS’s choice to remain politically neutral discourages and underprepares its students to tackle pressing health related problems that require political change.
We’re Harvard WGS Alumni. Our Field Has Never Mattered More.
At Harvard, the single biggest threat to the study of gender and sexuality has long come from the institution itself.
The Future of the Liberal Arts Lies Beyond Harvard’s Gates
As its pipeline towards self-serving occupations only grows, the College is overdue for a profound reevaluation of philosophy and policy. But the administration’s apparent wariness to impress specific values upon students stands in its own way.
From 457 Dudley Affiliates: The Co-op Must Stay
As the future of the Co-op remains uncertain, we feel compelled to say: our home is and must remain a vital part of the campus ecosystem.
In Defense of the Harvard College Writing Center
As current and former Harvard College Writing Center tutors, we write to condemn the dissolution of the Writing Center as an independent entity and the laying off of its director, Jane Rosenzweig.
Cambridge Schools Need a New AI Policy. It Should Look Like This.
At the risk of sounding alarmist, any use of generative AI by students is a step towards cognitive offloading and diminished educational returns. Cambridge Public Schools must make every effort to minimize this threat.
Cambridge Deserves Better From Beacon Hill
I know what it’s like to work for an institution that hides behind closed doors. The decisions on Beacon Hill affect our daily lives, and residents deserve to know who is making them.
Government Should Work for You. That Starts With Transparency.
The goal of transparency is to show people whether those they elected are doing the work they promised. Even in a system where change takes time, I have a record of delivering on those promises.
Cambridge Can Build Housing and Grow Trees, Too
With the political will to update the policies protecting our urban canopy, we can optimize our limited space to achieve more housing and a shaded city, making Cambridge a healthier and more equitable place to live.
Harvard and Epstein: A Call for Repair From 156 Harvard Affiliates
We are committed to using our positions within Harvard to advance truth-telling, accountability, repair and institutional reform in relation to Harvard’s ties to Epstein and those who enabled him.
Stop Backtracking on Housing, Cambridge
The road towards housing affordability is long, and progress may be slow, but Cambridge owes it to the young people who have made this city home. An unceasing effort towards development will get us there.
From the City Manager: Protecting Cambridge Means Responsive and Proactive Policy
Power brokers in Washington may be able to shift national policies at a whim, but they do not have the power to rewrite Cambridge’s values.
Harvard and Cambridge Must Stand Together
Cambridge residents may be wont to let Harvard administrative decisions stay behind the brick arches, students more apt to focus on national politics than rally for local legislation. But for both Cambridge and Harvard to thrive, each needs the other.
Only Advocacy Can Bring Accountability
For the Class of 2026, our four years have been defined by devastating attacks on women and queer students — and feminists and survivors stepping up where Harvard has failed.
There’s No Room for Palestine in “Viewpoint Diversity”
Harvard’s guiding imperative is defending the restoration of $3 billion in federal grants, which apparently means appeasing those in the Trump administration who have decreed that any discussion of Palestinian rights is by definition antisemitic.
Reflections on Half a Century of Progress
For all the crises and doomers and existential threats that may darken graduation day, it’s good to recall that past graduation days were darkened by crises that were as bad or worse. Still, those graduates saw their way through to a better world.
A Fundamental Reckoning Awaits the Humanities. It Shouldn’t Alarm Us.
The next decade might be the most important time for the humanities in history. Instead of sweeping top-down changes in the name of progress or utility, the ship must right itself.
AI Is a Meteor. Don’t Be a Dinosaur.
Whether your degree is in English or Computer Science, you should be using artificial intelligence. Ask yourself how you can use AI to realize ambitious projects that would have been impossible last year, or even last month.
Graduates, Don’t Stop Learning
Whether or not you further your formal schooling, learning remains your most important job. Your ability to impact the world will depend on the knowledge and skills you absorb from experience and interaction.
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