John Harvard's Journal

Three joyful graduates in caps and gowns celebrate together outdoors.

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Outside the Caspersen Room at the Harvard Law School Library: Ess Librarian and professor of law John G. Palfrey VII with University Library director and Pforzheimer University Professor Robert Darnton.

Harvard libraries under pressure

The University's financial crisis is exacerbating existing problems in expanding, coordinating, and technologically improving the collections.

Cruising the Square: The Window Shop restaurant in the 1950s

Photo history of Harvard Square

A new book of photographs tells Harvard Square’s history since the 1950s. Test your own Square knowledge for a chance to win a copy of the book.

by Craig Lambert

1968 Harvard-Yale game documentary on DVD

A new DVD and book capture the legendary 1968 Harvard-Yale game.

Junior quarterback Collier Winters, who made his first varsity start in the Holy Cross opener, passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third in a 24-21 victory over Brown. For his play in the Brown game, Winters was named Ivy League offensive player of the week.

Harvard football 2009: Holy Cross, Brown, Lehigh

Football kicks off against Holy Cross, Brown, and Lehigh

by Bethell, John T

Headlines from Harvard history

Headlines from Harvard history

Cherry A. Murray

SEAS dean Cherry Murray fosters strategic planning

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences develops a 10-year strategic plan.

The endowment’s swoon

A status report on the state of the endowment

Michael D. Smith briefing faculty and staff members on September 15

Harvard FAS financial update

An early-semester financial talk by the dean

Drew Faust, speaking in Sanders Theatre on September 24

Start-of-year address by Harvard president Faust

President Faust opens the academic year with a State of the University address.

roundup of recent Harvard news

Short takes on recent news