John Harvard's Journal

A football player in a white jersey evades a defender in a green uniform on the field.

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 humorous illustration of women trying to buy football tickets in 1921

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Photo of new Harvard campus shuttle electric bus

Brevia

Campus shuttle’s electric buses, planning chief, and other news

Campus, Interrupted

The Undergraduate returns to student life, altered by the pandemic and a year spent apart. 

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead , Swathi Kella

Jon Sot punts a football.

Harvard Football’s Star Punter Makes History

Jon Sot “flips the field” and the Crimson excel early.

by Dick Friedman

Photo of Jane Pickering

Repatriating Native American Remains

Disputes over the disposition of sensitive collections shadow Peabody Museum

by Juliet Isselbacher

players from two opposing teams line up at line of scrimmage.

Back to the Gridiron

Footballers shake off the rust from a long hiatus

by Dick Friedman

Michael Lyon and son ride a bike next to a river.

How to take a European bike vacation

Michael J. Lyon pursues easy, affordable trips.

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Claudine Gay

The Art of the Dean

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences leader’s plans before and beyond the pandemic

by John S. Rosenberg

portrait photograph of Nicholas Stephanopoulos in a casual shirt and jeans

Nicholas Stephanopoulos

An election-law scholar and litigator zeroes in on political gerrymandering.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Conservators from Skylight Studios work on the John Harvard statue

John Harvard Statue Undergoes Restoration

The well-loved statue gets spiffed up for the new school year 

by Nancy Walecki