John Harvard's Journal

Padimut at Harvard

A rare Egyptian mummy case is on display at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Play Ball

Baseball Harvard (21-20-1 overall) finished the Ivy season with the league’s best record, 14-6, winning the tough Red Rolfe division by...

Business School’s Guiding Light

Jay O. Light, an expert in finance and investment management, was named dean of Harvard Business School (HBS)—the ninth since its founding...

The Stadium, Returfed

Record it for the history books: the last of 646 football games played on natural grass at Harvard Stadium since 1903 is over and gone—the...

Decanal Duo

Kathleen McCartney Photograph by Dina Konovalovia/A Dream Picture Kathleen McCartney, Lesser professor in early childhood development...

The Challenge of Plagiarism

Harvard College has only one course required of every student: “Expository Writing.” Better known simply as “Expos,” the...

The Way Forward

What can Harvard learn from the administration of Lawrence H. Summers—cut short of its expected duration, and short of achieving many of...

Spring Lax Snapshots

Lacrosse The men’s team (4-2, 1-0 Ivy) took down Penn, 13-8, in their Ivy opener and captured a thrilling triple-overtime 8-7 win over...

Bolstering Business

The first Harvard Business School (HBS) capital campaign, launched publicly in the fall of 2002, ended on December 31, having raised at least 20...

Swashbuckling National Champions

The Harvard men’s and women’s fencing teams combined to win the NCAA national championship, the first in program history, in Houston...

Aid Augmented

To make attending the College more affordable for lower- and middle-income families, Harvard has extended the financial-aid initiative it...