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

Harvard football 2019 opening games

In the early season, an infusion of new talent and a hot quarterback buoyed the Crimson football team.

by Dick Friedman

Free speech and civil discourse promoted at Harvard

Opening-days messages focus on free speech and civil discourse within Harvard.

by John S. Rosenberg

Social geographer Ryan Enos

The political scientist explains “social geography.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard College admissions process upheld

The College’s admissions office does not discriminate against Asian-Americans, a federal judge ruled on October 1.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard summer construction boom

New construction in Allston, and renewal everywhere else, from Adams House to Andover/Swartz Hall

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow’s first year

President Bacow assesses his inaugural year.

by John S. Rosenberg

An electrical engineer and applied mathematician, in brief

For a star electrical engineering professor, it's all about systems.

by Jacob Sweet

Hansjörg Wyss boosts biologically inspired engineering

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.

by Jonathan Shaw

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Harvard registrar Mike Burke used to bike to work

The registrar as long-distance rider

by Jacob Sweet