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

Honoring Harvard Magazine contributors

Recognizing outstanding authors and artists for serving our readers

Winthrop House renovated and expanded

Undergraduates return to newly improved digs.

The ups and downs of peer counseling

Reflections on the ups and downs of peer counseling

by Natasha Lasky

An Ivy win and a terrible injury mark Harvard football's early season

An Ivy win and a terrible injury mark Harvard football's early season.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard men's hockey goalie Merrick Madsen

Merrick Madsen was the brick wall in net for last season’s Frozen Four team.

by Lydialyle Gibson

How some colleges help first-generation and low-income students succeed

How some colleges help first-generation and low-income students succeed

by John S. Rosenberg

Nicco Mele of Harvard’s Shorenstine Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy

The director of the Shorenstein Center on how the Internet came to mean so much to him. 

by Oset Babür

Public Health’s Past and Future

Michelle Williams, a year into her role as Public Health School dean

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Headlines from Harvard’s history

“Vagabonding,” Harvard Student Agencies, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Disappointing returns for Harvard endowment amid restructuring

CEO N.V. Narvekar assesses Harvard Management Company’s most recent fiscal-year performance, and the road ahead.

by John S. Rosenberg