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

Courtesy of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc.

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

Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard News Office

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

Anthony S. Fauci

Honoris Causa

The honorary-degree recipients, class of 2009

Tyler Albright

Play at the Plate

Baseball catcher Tyler Albright ’11 explains how to play his position.

by Craig Lambert

Latin Salutatorian Paul Mumma ’09 (<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/2009-speeches">View a video of his speech</a>.)

"Changed Times"

A sampling of the 2009 Commencement week addresses

Spring Sports

Results in tennis and crew