John Harvard's Journal
Dating at Harvard circa 2002
For the first two years of my college career, I was single. Though I dated a bit, I found the romantic waters of Harvard Yard extremely cold...
Daunting Debts
Education is like a garden, explains Carol Strickland, a sixth-year student at the Graduate School of Education (GSE). "You can't plant a...
Brevia
Photograph by Jim Harrison Sit-ins = Suspension On February 28, President Lawrence H. Summers announced a new interpretation of the...
Bear Market
In recent years, the annual fall career forum at the Gordon Track and Tennis Center has been one of the most conspicuous displays of the many...
Short, Stubby, Sexy
The little green car nosed its way into the concrete lobby of the Graduate School of Design in late January. At Harvard for a two-month visit to...
Harvard-Yale Boat Race Turns 150
The sesquicentennial of college athletics in America takes place June 8 on the Thames (rhymes with "James") River in New London...
A Dean for All Weathers
When he announced on February 11 that he would relinquish the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) deanship this June, Jeremy R. Knowles signaled...
The Oddest Streak in Rowing
The Harvard men's lightweight crew boasts one of the most consistent records of excellence in college sports. Consider the May regatta that...
Weighing In
What lies ahead for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences? What are the most important qualities for its next dean? Who would be the ideal candidate?...
Jack Barnaby: A Remembrance
There is a T-shirt in my vast collection that I take out only on special occasions: on the front it reads, JACK BARNABY'S 80TH/ SEPTEMBER 23...