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

Steven Chu

“A Passion and a Voice”

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu’s address at the afternoon exercises

"Resizing," before "Reshaping"

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences tackles a massive budget crisis.

David Malan

David J. Malan

Expert multitasker David Malan introduces students to computer science.

University People

Honors, arrivals, and departures

Printed Catalogs: R.I.P.

A Harvard fixture bites the dust.

Dining halls (such as Eliot's) are "the hub of House life," says a report on the residences, and every House should have its own.

Harvard outlines broad principles for house renewal

Harvard has released a report on the role of the Houses in undergraduate life, in preparation for a major renovation.

Brevia

Short takes on recent news

Yesterday's News

Headlines from Harvard history

Giving a spell-out for <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/2009-speeches">Graduate English orator Joseph Claghorn</a> were fellow landscape-architecture students Vanessa Lindley Palmer (J; the ringleader), Katie Jean Powell (O), Sisi Sun (S), Joonhyun Kim (E), Simon Mark Bussiere (P), and Adrienne Re Heflich (H). Design School students still play with blocks.

A Worldly Week

Commencement celebrants and celebrations faced up to real world problems.

Ghosts

As senior year winds down, a look forward—and back.

by Brittney Moraski