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

Samuel Huntington remembered

A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist

by John S. Rosenberg

Headlines from Harvard’s history

“Reading period” debuts, the Maharishi visits, a blizzard shuts down the University, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Teaching rap in China, and contemplating one's blackness

Teaching rap in a Chinese high school, and contemplating one’s blackness

by Tawanda Mulalu

University marshal steps down, MacArthur fellows, more

The University Marshal retires, MacArthur fellows, diversifying freshman pre-orientation, and more

Honoring Harvard Magazine contributors

Recognizing outstanding authors and artists for serving our readers

Harvard football 2017 season wrap-up

A humbling defeat in The Game caps Harvard’s dreariest season in 17 years.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard swimmer Dean Farris builds on his breakout rookie season

No longer a “skinny kid,” swimmer Dean Farris ’20 builds on his breakout rookie season.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Kennedy School campus makeover

A campus remade in the course of the capital campaign

Harvard financial report: strengths and warning signs

After another surplus, cautions about the University’s future financial constraints

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard archivist Megan Sniffin-Marinoff

The University archivist on what it means to “document Harvard”

by Lydialyle Gibson