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

A Rush from Olympus

This isn't their first team effort, not by a long shot. "For so many years, they have spent so much time on the same sheet of ice together that...

by Craig Lambert

Winter Sports

Men's Basketball The hoopsters (10-7, 2-2 Ivy) started well and twice dominated Dartmouth, but lost games to Ivy powers Princeton (67-61) and...

A "Down Payment" on Financial Aid

The university has created new scholarships, launched a dedicated fundraising drive, and unveiled a low-cost loan program to assist graduate-...

Noel Michele Holbrook

Noel Michele Holbrook Photograph by Stu Rosner Missy Holbrook '83 grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C., where she somehow...

Outperformance Pays

Superior performance in money management need not be absolutely positive. Modestly negative net returns on investments, like Harvard Management...

Iron and Silk

Half an academic year into his service as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), William C. Kirby uses his first annual letter to set...

Lord Byron on Demand

Harvard University Press's backlist is both one of its greatest blessings on the world of scholars and a strong source of income—but only...

The Watertown Agreement

The fact that Harvard has agreed to pay Watertown $3.8 million annually plus 3 percent compounded over 52 years (see "Watertown-Gown...

North Precinct Plans

Harvard has chosen architect Craig Hartman of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) to design two new science buildings at the northern end...

Legacy at Law

Reflecting on his 14-year tenure, ending June 30, as dean of Harvard Law School (HLS), Robert C. Clark discerns three distinct periods. In the...