John Harvard's Journal

At Harvard’s Beck-Warren House, Ghosts Speak Many Languages

The quirky 1833 home now hosts Celtic scholars.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Art Museums Launch Renaissance

The rebirthing of the Harvard University Art Museums is announced. After months of strategic planning, and a wide-ranging search for real...

Yesterday's News

1931 The Harvard Placement Service appeals for help as it tries to find work for graduating seniors and older alumni who have lost their jobs...

John Simon

John Simon Peter North Critic John Simon ’46, Ph.D. ’59, celebrated for his acerbic reviews in New York...

HIID Denouement

The federal lawsuit concerning the conduct of the Harvard Institute for International Development’s advisory work on the privatization of...

A Saudi Prince's Controversial Gift

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul-aziz Alsaud, reportedly the richest member of the Saudi royal family and head of the investment firm Kingdom...

Curricular Commitments

Departing Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean William C. Kirby has attempted to set the clock ticking for completing a revision of the...

Money-Manager Compensation

Compensation data for the most highly paid Harvard Management Company (HMC) investment personnel—subject to some sharp criticism in recent...

Harvard in the Olympics

Rarely will you hear a former Olympic and National Hockey League player use the word “fungible” twice within a few minutes, but C.J...

At Long Last, CGIS

On a warm November evening, more than a decade after a study committee first envisioned it, the completed Center for Government and...

Ph.D. Policy

When she became dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) last July, it was something of a homecoming for Theda Skocpol, Thomas...