Making Digital Space Ours
Physical spaces hold our memories for us. Sitting at my desk, I feel all the time I’ve spent here reading novels. I remember phone calls with friends in highschool and writing code late at night and drawing badly. The desk
The Quarantunes – How Digital Music Platforms are Creating Community through the Pandemic
My blockmates and I found out that we had to vacate Harvard on a Tuesday morning. Our anxiety around Coronavirus had been building in recent weeks, and we knew changes were coming, but we were not prepared by the shock
Ameelio – The Free Prison Communication Platform
Writer’s Note: Currently, I am working as a software engineering intern at Ameelio remotely, through spring and summer 2020. Specifically, right now, I am working on writing web crawlers to build a seamless, searchable nationwide inmate database. All uncited quotes come
An Online Learning Experiment – Exploring the Educational Disparities that Arise in the Online Classroom
Publisher's Note: This is the first article of a two-part series. While this article explores the inequalities that exist in the transition to remote learning, Part II explores new innovations in educational tech that might address some of these inequalities.
Contact Tracing and the Future of Technology Governance
On April 10, Apple and Google announced their partnership to build a Bluetooth-based contact tracing platform. Set to launch in May, the API would allow public health authorities to develop apps that would use the Bluetooth functionality on Android and
An Online Learning Experiment – How Education Technology is Evolving to meet the Demands of Online Learning
Publisher's Note: This is the second article of a two part series. While Part 1 explores the disparities in education that arise in a remote environment, Part 2 takes a look at how innovation in education technology may be helping
Not Alone: The Emergence of Digital Altruism During COVID-19
As COVID-19 forces us to restructure nearly every aspect of our daily lives, many of us have found ourselves searching for meaningful ways to spend our time. As Harvard College first-year and HTR editor Nikhil Dharmaraj put it, “I was
What Social Media is Feeding Us
You’re sitting in your room, browsing your favorite website. A Buzzfeed Tasty video sits at the top of your feed, and the thumbnail intrigues you, so you spend a few minutes watching the creation of French Toast Roll-Ups 4 Ways.
Stanford Brainstorm Presents America’s First Mental Health Innovation Course
Editor’s Note: The following piece features guest writers Aayushi Jain and Anika Nayak, interns at the Stanford Brainstorm Laboratory, who spoke to Stanford University faculty about the nation’s first-ever university-level course on mental health innovation. We chose to include this
What the World’s Biggest Brands Aren’t Doing for Sustainability
Inside LVMH’s annual sustainability report, & how it is and isn’t leveraging technology. Last month, I had the absolute pleasure of attending LVMH’s annual sustainability conference in New York City, “Future Life”. As one of the biggest presences in an industry