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

John Chervinsky

Photograph by Stu Rosner John Chervinsky Like many people, John Chervinsky takes his work home. But what this lab engineer takes home may one...

Art of the Future?

The Fogg and Busch-Reisinger Museums at 32 Quincy Street will close their doors on June 30 for five years (see “Art Museum...

Open Access

In an historic vote, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) moved to make the articles that its members publish in scholarly journals freely...

University People

College Dean Designated Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office Evelynn M. Hammonds Rosenkrantz professor of the history of science and of African...

Race in a Genetic World

“I am an African American,” says Duana Fullwiley, “but in parts of Africa, I am white.” To do fieldwork as a medical...

The Longwood Symphony Orchestra keeps Harvard medical personnel linked to music

Besides sharing their love of music, the Longwood Symphony Orchestra donate the proceeds from their concerts to nonprofit organizations...

Yesterday's News

1928 Following Harvard’s first spring reading period, the College Library reports about 650 more visitors than in the previous year. 1933...

Scanning the Social Sciences

Letters have gone out inviting senior faculty members from across the University, nominated by the deans of their respective schools, to...

Harvard faculty and alumni engage with China

China disorients the visitor. The scale and bustle of its cities—propelled by the greatest economic growth and urban migration in...

Brevia

Green Goals A new task force, appointed by President Drew Faust on February 27, will examine Harvard’s greenhouse-gas emissions and...