On Sept. 16, 2026, a Cornell University student identified as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit in the New York State Supreme ...

On Sept. 16, 2026, a Cornell University student identified as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court against several parties for gang rape by seven frat members. The suit ...

An old Florida adage goes, “The further north you go, the more southern it becomes.” The state’s northwestern region is the Panhandle. The name comes from its image as the “handle” of a ...

To probably no one’s surprise, I was a massive bookworm growing up. I credit my parents with taking me to the library every weekend and patiently listening when I read books aloud to them. They also ...

“I Have Something to Say: ‘Khaleesi’ Is a Bad Name for a De-Extincted Dire Wolf.” Amid the growing publicity around the company, the “Harvard Independent” spoke with Colossal’s Chief Biology Officer, ...

It was a Thursday afternoon. Perhaps the only cold thing that day was the bead of sweat tracing the groove of my spine as I tried to position a worn-down copy of “1984” to shield my face from the sun.

This summer I finally bought a ticket to Europe—a childhood dream realized. After wandering into two cafés with spotty Wi-Fi, I ended up somewhere I never expected: a Starbucks in Dublin. There’s ...

When the final whistle blew on the FIFA World Cup 2026™, I found myself reflecting on a tournament that brought tears, drew cheers, and inspired hope in equal measure. While the World Cup offered a ...

If you think your mother went to Harvard, that likely isn’t the full story. If she graduated before 1999, her diploma bears the seals of both Harvard University and Radcliffe College and the ...

In honor of the year’s end, the “Harvard Independent” has compiled a list of books with new beginnings—meant for the seniors who are moving forward with their lives and the undergraduates who have the ...

I came to in a body that was only mine, the singleness foreign. For months, I had woken into crowding—the press of another attention behind my eyes, the sense of a second man already up and working ...

I met with Professor Sarah Lewis ’01 over Zoom, anxiously prepared to make the most of the 45 minutes I’d managed to secure in her busy schedule. Sitting in her History of Art and Architecture class, ...