John Harvard's Journal

Illustration of a math students gathering, 1936, in Annanberg Hall, Memorial Hall

Snapshots of Harvard History | Summer 2025

Including profundity and pretzels

Illustration of a math students gathering, 1936, in Annanberg Hall, Memorial Hall

Snapshots of Harvard History | Summer 2025

Including profundity and pretzels

What do antisemitism and anti-Muslim bias look like on Harvard's campus?

The two reports find similar problems but, at times, work against each other.

by Max J. Krupnick

A color illustration of students from a diversity of backgrounds eating and talking together at a long dining hall-type table

How Harvard Students Handle Political Disagreements

The Undergraduate asks if intellectualism is really on life support.

by Serena Jampel

Nicolo Maestas in a grey suit and wearing glasses sits with her arms on a table

Harvard Economist Nicole Maestas on Aging and Health Policy

The Harvard health economist not afraid to get in the weeds

by Max J. Krupnick

Hopi Hoekstra standing on outdoor steps in sunlight, wearing a dark top and pendant necklace

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Discipline and Financial Aid

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences discusses classroom conversations, boosts aid, addresses discipline—and faces austerity

by John S. Rosenberg

Abraham Verghese and Atul Gawande, Commencement and Alumni Day speakers

Brief Harvard News Spring 2025

Physician-authors address Commencement and Alumni Day, new School of Education Dean, and more

The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial at sunset, with stone sculptures, commemorative plaques, and flags among bare trees.

Lawrence Bacow on the Auschwitz Memorial

President Lawrence S. Bacow reflects on the liberation of Auschwitz

by Lawrence S. Bacow

At an anxious time, c. 1940, seniors consult the crystal ball about their future; a cartoon with John Harvard statue

Short Headlines from Harvard's History

Seniors’ uncertain future c. 1940, Harvard Law Review news, and more

Crowd at Boston science rally holding protest signs opposing research funding cuts

The Trump Administration's Impact on Higher Education

Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more

by John S. Rosenberg

Jesse Cox smiling at a table with music notes and a book, with drums and cymbals behind him

Harvard Percussionist and Composer Jessie Cox

An experimental percussionist-composer pushing the limits of music

by Lydialyle Gibson