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

Back with a Marshall, Still Strong in the Rhodes

Thomas Wolf Jon Chase / Harvard News Office Melissa Dell Sarah Hill Rose Licoln / Harvard News Office Justin Ide / Harvard News...

Gender Gap

On January 14, President Lawrence H. Summers appeared as a luncheon speaker at "Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce," a...

Women and Tenure

The discussion of tenured appointments of women within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) cooled somewhat during an extended airing of the...

Parallel Universities

Even as Harvard's planning consultants conclude the private phase of their development grid for Allston, it is possible to get a sense of their...

Connecting to the River Parklands

Meanwhile, back in Cambridge, students of Bucksbaum professor in urban design Joan Busquets have transformed their studio class at the Graduate...

Hongkun Park

Hongkun Park Photograph by Stu Rosner "Your brain doesn't run at three gigahertz, believe me," kids professsor of chemistry...

Money-Manager Transition

The University announced on January 11 that Jack R. Meyer, M.B.A. '69, president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company...

Compensation Controversy, Continued

In light of continued strong investment returns (see "Endowment Gains: Last Hurrah?" November-December 2004, page 56), the Harvard...

The Sweetest Season

Harvard's 35-3 demolition of Yale at the Stadium on November 20 was the crowning moment in a football season of peak performances: a perfect...

Homecomings

I think the enormity of my decision hit me when the plane flew out of Sydney airport and I watched the famous Opera House, its distinctive half...

by Amelia E. Lester