John Harvard's Journal

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Seeing Biological Systems Whole

Marc Kirschner, one of the world's leading cell biologists, has a new office. He apologizes for a mess that hardly exists -- a microscope and...

by Nathan Heller

Exit Gray, Enter Keohane

Corporation member Hanna Holborn Gray, Ph.D. '57, will step down from the President and Fellows of Harvard College...

Arts and Sciences Aspirations

The new academic structure created by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) in the summer of 2003 has yielded its twin first fruits. The...

"Reasonably Good" Fiscal Results

Further progress toward moderating the rate of expense growth, and stable revenue growth, yielded "reasonably good results" for...

Sources of Funding

Endowment income distributed for operations makes up the largest share of Harvard’s revenue: 31 percent in the fiscal year ended June 30...

Yearning for “Big Humanities”

Many of Harvard's leading humanities scholars convened on October 22 to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Humanities Center—and to...

by Nathan Heller

Accomplished Contributors

The editors take great pleasure in recognizing three contributors to Harvard Magazine during the past year, awarding each $1,000 for their...

Yesterday's News

1915 Undergraduate protests against beer at class banquets prompt Bulletin editors to note that "the increase of abstinence and temperance...

Countering Alcohol

In the fall of 2003, dean of Harvard College Benedict H. Gross—once an undergraduate here himself—paused in his work as a...

by Rebecca O’Brien

Brevia

Biomedical PioneersGeorge Q. DaleyJustin Ide / Harvard News OfficeXiaoliang Sunney XieCourtesy Xiaoliang Sunney XieThe National Institutes of...