John Harvard's Journal

A football player in a white jersey evades a defender in a green uniform on the field.

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

Marla Frederick and David C. Parkes, new divinity and engineering and applied sciences deans

News in Brief

New Divinity and Engineering and Applied Sciences deans, Kennedy School and Art Museums departures, and more

Photograph of Vikram Patel

Vikram Patel

He wanted to be a chef, but instead became a leader in global health

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration that plays on the grade A+ and the term Ai

AI in the Academy

Generative AI can enhance teaching and learning but augurs a shift to oral forms of student assessment.

by Jonathan Shaw

“This global, diverse, vibrant community”

Alumni Association President Ty Moore

by Nell Porter-Brown

Honoring Alumni Interviewers

Miller-Hunn Award recipients

Harvard President Claudine Gay in her new office July 5, 2023

New Digs

Claudine Gay’s first day in her presidential office

Students protest the Supreme Court decision.

After Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court upends admissions.

by Jonathan Shaw , Lincoln Caplan

Irene Soto Marín with Harvard's Ancient Mediterranean Classical Sculptures

Irene Soto Marín

Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.

by Max J. Krupnick

Campus Conversations on Speech

Some faculty members and students express concern that free inquiry has become constrained.

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration of a football coin toss with coin landing on edge

Yesterday’s News

A coin toss forecasts a surprising football score.