John Harvard's Journal

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Men's Basketball Exonerated

The Ivy League exonerated men’s basketball head coach Tommy Amaker and an assistant coach following allegations of improper recruiting and lowered admissions standards for the men’s team.

Stem-Cell Progress

Harvard researchers at the Stem Cell Institute achieve major breakthroughs.

Yesterday's News

Headlines from Harvard history

Morning Prayers: All Creatures

President Drew Faust delivers a homily at Morning Prayers on the importance of environmental stewardship.

Creating Space to Contemplate Success

Harvard pushes undergraduates to ponder life’s big questions.

Powerful Conversations

Ariel Phillips and Abigail Lipson head the Success-Failure Project at the Harvard Bureau of Study Counsel.

In the Black

A summary of the Harvard University Financial Report for fiscal year 2008

Financial Crises, Faculty Views

Harvard faculty members gather to discuss economic problems on Wall Street and beyond.

Brevia

The first Allston science laboratories, now under construction, will present a rectilinear face to the surrounding streets...

Rookie Redux

I realized that college was over when I opened up the large diploma case to show my family the product of four years’ labor and found...

by Liz Goodwin