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.
Joanna Aizenberg
A bioengineer learns from sponges...
A "Pause" and Progress in FAS
During spring faculty meetings, dean Michael D. Smith explained his approach to leading the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), with important implications for the growth of professorial ranks.
A Dominant Dean
Reflecting on the service of Jeremy R. Knowles, two-time dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
A Communal Campus?
President Drew Faust on April 24 appointed a University steering committee to explore improvements to Harvard’s Cambridge campus, with the aim...
Brevia
Short takes on recent news
Education by Office Hour
The Harvard I know today began in the most unlikely of ways: with a cup of tea, served loose-leaf in a ceramic mug, as I sat at a table littered...
by Samuel Bjork
What Next for Ivy League Sports?
Ivy league executive director Jeff Orleans to retire
English Evolves--and Reverts
Speaking on behalf of the department he chairs, James Engell moved that it shed its current title (English and American literature and language) in favor of a streamlined one (English).
On the University's Agenda
University leaders in various forums outlined Harvard priorities and impending business concerning Allston, a new science initiative, and the University’s international aims.
University People
On April 15, vice president for finance Elizabeth Mora, Harvard’s chief financial officer, “announced her intention to step down” as of mid May.