John Harvard's Journal

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Homes Away from Homes

Though I have two years left before I bid farewell to Harvard, I stayed through Commencement this past June to write for the Crimson and...

by Emma Lind

Ledecky Fellows for the 2007-2008 academic year

Photograph by Jim Harrison Liz Goodwin and Samuel Bjork Harvard Magazine’s Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows for the...

Powers of the Pitch

Deep into the second half of the NCAA soccer playoff game against SUNY Binghamton last fall, with the score tied 1-1, Harvard forward...

Rugger Mothers

I was a hooker at Harvard. It wasn’t what I expected from college, but I fell in with a crowd of foul-mouthed girls who spent Saturdays...

Moving On

Photograph by Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office To accommodate Harvard Law School’s large new building, an existing garage and...

Fall Preview

Women’s Soccer New head coach Ray Leone, who came to Harvard from Arizona State, leads the women booters into their fall season; he is the...

Settling In, Sociably

On Monday morning, July 2, those members of the Harvard community who weren’t taking a pre-holiday vacation were greeted by an e-mailed...

Dr. Dean

Jeffrey S. Flier, M.D., becomes dean of Harvard Medical School (HMS) on September 1; President Drew Faust announced his appointment on July 11...

Howard Gardner

Photograph by Stu Rosner Howard Gardner As a psychologist, Howard Gardner is best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, first...

Scaffolding and Science

Photograph by Jim Harrison Byerly Hall is known to tens of thousands of would-be Harvard College students as the home of undergraduate...