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

Mark R. Warner

Harvard alumni in the 111th Congress

Harvardians in the 111th Congress

Rosa Estrella Ortega Roa has big plans for the unit where she lives with her two-year-old grandson. Although the walls and ceiling of her kitchen are still unfinished... [click the images below for more]

For Santiago's Poor, Housing with Dignity

An innovative housing initiative with deep Harvard ties lets families in Chile who once lived illegally become homeowners.

Thomas Kane

Studying Schooling

Two new education centers, run by Roland Fryer and Thomas Kane, and an existing center, run by Paul Peterson, bring Harvard’s analytic resources to bear on public education issues: student achievement, teacher recruitment, and school choice.

Brevia

News of the University and the Harvard community

Making Mingling Manageable

Undergraduate columnist Christian Flow ponders the strange social science of mingling.

by Christian Flow

Sophomore Meryl Federman and senior Adam N. Hallowell keep themselves busy during a break in the action at Brown University’s early fall tournament.

Buzzing In

Quiz Bowl’s quirky intellectualism and hard-driving competitiveness energize a strong Harvard team.

by Christian Flow

HOT PURSUIT: Defenders Schultz (52), Curtis (91), and Barnes (25) closing in on Yale back Mike McLeod.

Big D

Defensive prowess helps the football team to a share of the Ivy crown.

by Bethell, John T

Harvard soccer and basketball updates

Soccer and basketball updates

As the Business School trains leaders, Drew Faust asked, how can Harvard best determine “the sort of differences they will make?”

Educating Professionals

In speeches at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, President Drew Faust outlines her vision of professional education, service, and responsibility.

Harder Times

An update on the University’s initial responses to the worsening economic climate