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

Imagine That!

A woman repairing an automobile—and showing us the tops of her stockings! This is not a “True Woman,” domestic, docile...

Money Matters

An updated, second edition of Managing Harvard’s Resources—with reports from the University’s treasurer, James F. Rothenberg...

General Education, Finally Defined

Following extensive consultation with colleagues throughout the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the Task Force on General Education has...

Brevia

An Eye on Immigration Photograph courtesy of Harvard University Art Museums © President and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard...

Yesterday's News

1922 Heywood Broun ’10, in a column reprinted in the Bulletin, rues the fact that Harvard is no longer the literary center it once was...

Portfolio-Manager Paychecks

The compensation for the most highly paid endowment investment managers—the subject of criticism and debate in recent years—took on a...

The Rub on the Pub

Undergraduates will soon be able to relax in a new campus pub, scheduled to open early in April. The gathering spot is part of a $4.5-million...

University People

Security Secretary     Juliette N. Kayyem   Kennedy School of Government lecturer in public policy Juliette N. Kayyem...

Harvard’s 50-Year Plan

Ten million square feet of new buildings, as many as 12,000 new jobs, and many billions of dollars: the numbers alone suggest the scope of...

The War at Home

Almost every week last year I received an e-mail with the subject line “Iraq Update.” With each message, the number following that...

by Casey N. Cep