John Harvard's Journal
Padimut at Harvard
A rare Egyptian mummy case is on display at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.
Anniversary Announcements
No one knows when John Harvard was born, but a record book from Southwark Cathedral in London announces his baptism there on November 29, 1607...
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...
The Calendar, Changed
Harvard’s anomalous academic calendar will more closely resemble those of other institutions—starting just after Labor Day and...
Engineering Renewed
Celebrating its own nifty bit of reengineering, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), elevated from the status of a division of...
University People
Enduring Deans, Acting Executives Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office Alan A. Altshuler Alan A. Altshuler, Harvard Graduate School of Design...
Yesterday's News
1912 Larz Anderson ’88 proposes to build a new bridge across the Charles River to replace the inadequate wooden structure connecting...
Scholarly Sale
The $50-million challenge fund established by the University Development Office in February 2006 to stimulate the endowment of professorships...