John Harvard's Journal

Highlights from Harvard’s Past

The rise of Cambridge cyclists, a lettuce boycott, and Julia Child’s cookbooks

Great Mammal Hall at Harvard Museum of Natural History reopens

The Great Mammal Hall in the Harvard Museum of Natural History is restored and reopened.

Harvard grapples with fallout from the endowment's decline

An update on the University's economic situation

A New History of the Harvard Extension School

A new history by its dean, Michael Shinagel, documents the school's emphasis on accessibility and continuing education.

by Krysten A. Keches

Federico Cortese is the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

Meet the new conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

A history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra

A new book relates the history of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra.

Harvard University Press closes its display room

The Harvard University Press display room closes its doors.

On the Gates arrest and its aftermath

On the arrest of Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and its aftermath

Headlines from Harvard history

Headlines from Harvard history

Kirkland House shooting

Arrests and indictments in a case linked to drugs

Two scholars honored with University Professorships

Social scientist Gary King and systems biologist Marc W. Kirschner are named University Professors.