John Harvard's Journal

Yesterday’s News

Including profundity and pretzels

Commencement Confetti

Tidbits from a memorable, celebratory Harvard week

The Speeches 2022

President Bacow on humility, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on democracy and social media, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on civic engagement and threats to U.S. democracy

Harvard’s Ties to Slavery

A long-awaited, unsparing picture 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Tuning Pianos with Mariana Quinn

A former geologist follows her piano-tuner father’s footsteps.

by Nancy Walecki

Views from the Top

President Bacow and Senior Fellow Lee on Harvard today

by John S. Rosenberg

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Brevia

The EVP retires, new Overseers leaders, Stanford’s sustainability school, and more

The End of Shopping Week

After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to replace shopping week with previous-term registration.

by Jonathan Shaw

The Need for Communal Healing

Coming to terms with personal and pandemic grief

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead

The Long Game

A standout golfer’s patient approach

by Jacob Sweet