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

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

Harvard FAS financial update

An early-semester financial talk by the dean

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

Harvard Graduate School of Education doctorate of education leadership

The Graduate School of Education creates a new doctor of education leadership program.

Professor John Mugane directs Harvard’s African language program

Meet the director of Harvard’s African language program.

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.

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.