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

Online learning evolves at Harvard and elsewhere

Online learning, evolving at Harvard and beyond, attracts critical analysis.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard unveils ambitious plans for data science

Harvard outlines steps toward a data-science institute in Allston.

by Jonathan Shaw

Headlines from Harvard history

An elephant race, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Harvard people in the news

Dunster departure, graduate-school deans, faculty writing-prize winners, and more

Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard and more

Mark Zuckerberg drops in, Justice Scalia’s papers, dental-school milestone, and more

Harvard Undergraduate columnist on exclusive organizations

The Undergraduate wrestles with The Advocate’s exclusive comp process. 

by Lily Scherlis

Harvard sailor a long way from landlocked Mongolia

A Harvard sailor, a long way from landlocked Mongolia and Missouri

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Law dean to depart and other news briefs

The Law School dean steps down, graduate-student union balloting, divestment, and more

profile of Harvard water polo coach Ted Minnis

Ted Minnis makes Harvard an East Coast power in a West Coast sport.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Winter sports in brief

Hockey, squash, swimming and diving: winter sports in brief

by Lydialyle Gibson