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

Quantity Time

Four years ago, when my first child was two years old and I was six months pregnant, I left my law career to become a stay-at-home mother...

Brevia

On Diversity As the Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments this spring on the University of Michigan's race-conscious admissions policies...

Accidental Academics

(Please note that I should not be writing this column: I have a thesis chapter due on Thursday and pages to go before I sleep...) Harvard...

by Garrett M. Graff

The Way of the Long Strings

To be a virtuoso musician and a college student at the same time is somewhat like forcing two people into one body: something's got to give...

The '03 Scholars

Marshall and Rhodes Scholars, that is. Harvard boasted seven winners, one a double. The Marshall Scholars are seniors Christopher Laumann, a...

A Rush from Olympus

This isn't their first team effort, not by a long shot. "For so many years, they have spent so much time on the same sheet of ice together that...

by Craig Lambert

Winter Sports

Men's Basketball The hoopsters (10-7, 2-2 Ivy) started well and twice dominated Dartmouth, but lost games to Ivy powers Princeton (67-61) and...

A "Down Payment" on Financial Aid

The university has created new scholarships, launched a dedicated fundraising drive, and unveiled a low-cost loan program to assist graduate-...

Noel Michele Holbrook

Noel Michele Holbrook Photograph by Stu Rosner Missy Holbrook '83 grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C., where she somehow...

Outperformance Pays

Superior performance in money management need not be absolutely positive. Modestly negative net returns on investments, like Harvard Management...