John Harvard's Journal
Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide
College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week
Quantum Leap for Engineering
Harvard’s Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) may soon become a full-fledged school of engineering, under a plan presented...
University People
David E. Clapham Robert J. Sampson Harvard Medical School Courtesy of Robert J. Sampson Superior Scientists The 72 new members of the...
Unsettled Conditions
The Tuesday of Commencement week, June 6, was radiant—perfect weather for the seniors to march from the Old Yard to Memorial Church...
Tough Love
Harvard and other celebrated research universities “succeed, better than ever, as creators and repositories of knowledge,” declares...
Honoris Causa
Two women and seven men received honorary degrees at Harvard’s 355th Commencement. Provost Steven E. Hyman introduced them to the...
Reconfiguring the Curriculum
Much work on refashioning the undergraduate curriculum remains for the next academic year, but the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) concluded...
Commencement Confetti 2006
Lots of M.B.A.s On Commencement day, Thursday, June 8, Harvard conferred 6,706 degrees and 248 certificates. The College granted 1,641 of these...
Search Sources
Fulfilling its pledge to create formal channels through which to hear faculty and student ideas and views, the Corporation-Overseer committee...
Women's Center
At the end of a year that has seen various plans for the College (including the curricular review) mark time or unravel, matters are quietly...
The Schools’ Size
Harvard’s schools vary not only in their mission and in the composition of their faculties and student bodies, but also in financial...