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.
Legal Legroom
An aerial view of the proposed new building, looking northwest from a vantage point above the Science Center Rendering courtesy of...
Exemplary Contributors
With great pleasure, the editors recognize four contributors to Harvard Magazine during 2006, awarding each $1,000 for their distinguished...
A general-education proposal to replace Harvard’s Core curriculum is debated
After three years of inconclusive work on a new general-education component for the College, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) appears to...
Faculty, Family, Diversity
In her first annual report, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ (FAS) senior advisor to the dean on diversity issues has highlighted recent...
Curriculum, Classroom, Competence
While acknowledging that the curriculum is the faculty’s “sacred domain,” President Derek Bok nonetheless said at the October...
Part History, Part Literature
In 1906, Professor Barrett Wendell ’77 created a program in history and literature for Harvard undergraduates. In a later speech to the...
by Casey N. Cep
Increasingly Electronic Libraries
From 1998 through 2005, University library holdings increased by 1.62 million volumes—11.6 percent. But during the same period, the number...
Brevia
Design Departure Alan A. Altshuler Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office Alan A. Altshuler, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design...
Crimson in Congress
In the aftermath of last November’s elections for the 110th Congress, one Harvard alumnus stood very much alone. Representative Thomas...
A Crutch or an Anchor?
Stumbling along Mount Auburn Street on my way to my Social Studies 10 lecture, I barely manage to juggle Wealth of Nations, this...
by Emma Lind