John Harvard's Journal

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

Construction Gallery

Photograph by Jim Harrison [view larger photograph] Seen from atop William James Hall (and in detailed views below), the...

Icy Pinnacle

She is not just another female Chinese-American Olympic hockey star. Julie Chu ’06 (’07), a two-time Olympic medalist in ice hockey...

Fast Start

Although she will not move into the president’s office in Massachusetts Hall until July 1, President-elect Drew Gilpin Faust has launched...

David Williams

David Williams studies how social factors affect health. Education and income affect health, that’s clear. But why, as is the case, should...

Science's “Third Branch”

Why are doctors from Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital working with Harvard astrophysicists? And why is Professor Jeff Lichtman...

Student Financial Assistance: FY 2005

Financial support for degree-candidate students amounts to a half-billion-dollar-plus commitment by the University. These data, from fiscal year...

Imagine That!

A woman repairing an automobile—and showing us the tops of her stockings! This is not a “True Woman,” domestic, docile...

Money Matters

An updated, second edition of Managing Harvard’s Resources—with reports from the University’s treasurer, James F. Rothenberg...

General Education, Finally Defined

Following extensive consultation with colleagues throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the Task Force on General Education has...

Brevia

An Eye on Immigration Photograph courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums © President and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard...