John Harvard's Journal

A football player in a white jersey evades a defender in a green uniform on the field.

Can Harvard’s Football Team Repeat Its Ivy League Success?

Despite personnel losses, Crimson captain Xaviah Bascon is upbeat about the 2026 season.

by Dick Friedman

Jay O. Light

Roundup of recent Harvard news

Short takes on recent Harvard news

Panelists at the tenth-anniversary symposium discuss how their time as Radcliffe Fellows helped them bridge boundaries between genres. From left to right: English professor Leah Price, painter Beverly McIver, filmmaker Jeanne Jordan, composer Tarik O’Regan, filmmaker Anne Makepeace, and lawyer Hauwa Ibrahim.

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study tenth anniversary

Harvard’s former sister college celebrates its first decade as an institute for advanced study.

Undergraduates and "great books"

Harvard undergraduates and the "great books" puzzle

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Outside the Caspersen Room at the Harvard Law School Library: Ess Librarian and professor of law John G. Palfrey VII with University Library director and Pforzheimer University Professor Robert Darnton.

Harvard libraries under pressure

The University's financial crisis is exacerbating existing problems in expanding, coordinating, and technologically improving the collections.

Cruising the Square: The Window Shop restaurant in the 1950s

Photo history of Harvard Square

A new book of photographs tells Harvard Square’s history since the 1950s. Test your own Square knowledge for a chance to win a copy of the book.

by Craig Lambert

1968 Harvard-Yale game documentary on DVD

A new DVD and book capture the legendary 1968 Harvard-Yale game.

Junior quarterback Collier Winters, who made his first varsity start in the Holy Cross opener, passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third in a 24-21 victory over Brown. For his play in the Brown game, Winters was named Ivy League offensive player of the week.

Harvard football 2009: Holy Cross, Brown, Lehigh

Football kicks off against Holy Cross, Brown, and Lehigh

by Bethell, John T

Illustration by Susan Gal

Loss and gain in dropping pre-med

A senior assesses life at—and after—college without the pre-med track.

by Melanie E. Long

Samuel Saidel-Goley (foreground) and Archery Club colleagues draw their bows.

Harvard Archery Club revival

Renaissance for the Archery Club

by Craig Lambert

Headlines from Harvard history

Headlines from Harvard history