John Harvard's Journal

Wolfram Schlenker wearing a suit sitting outdoors, smiling, with trees and a building in the background.

Harvard Economist Wolfram Schlenker Is Tackling Climate Change

How extreme heat affects our land—and our food supply 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Quantum SCIENCE Quarters

 New home for the quantum science and engineering doctoral program.

2022-23 Ledecky Fellows

The 2022-2023 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Ellie Shahbo blocking a shot during practice

Staying Steady

Field hockey goalie Ellie Shahbo’s quiet dominance

by Jacob Sweet

News photo of President-designate Bacow, with Harvard necktie, at his announcement news conference, February 11, 2018

President Bacow Plans to Step Down

A post-pandemic transition, an early assessment, and the search for Harvard’s new leader

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Victor Clay

Victor Clay

The new police chief introduces a new policing culture.

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration of Sharon Beckman ’80 swimming the English Channel

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Photographs of Erika Lee and Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, ethnic-studies appointees

Brevia

Ethnicity appointments, Radcliffe roster, faculty honorands, and more

Underwriting Sustainability Studies

A $200-million gift for the Salata Institute

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

illustration showing multiple hands dismantling a rifle

The Parkland Generation

Coming of age in an era of gun violence

by Swathi Kella

Graduates-to-be read the student newspaper, absent a University Gazette

Commencement Confetti

Tidbits from a memorable, celebratory Harvard week