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

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.

Roundup of recent Harvard news

Short takes on recent news

Why Harvard Needs to Get Harder

If courses aren't as exciting as extracurriculars, what’s a college for?

by Christian Flow

New Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Harvard Magazine’s new Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows