John Harvard's Journal

Can Harvard’s Football Team Repeat Its Ivy League Success?

Despite personnel losses, Crimson captain Xaviah Bascon is upbeat about the 2026 season.

by Dick Friedman

Yesterday's News

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

Daniel S. Fisher

Daniel Fisher likes to ask difficult questions and, although he is a theoretical physicist, his latest inquiries have led him to tackle problems...

Tenure Travails

During the 2003-2004 academic year, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) extended 32 tenure offers, just four of them to women (only one of...

Re-Development

After two years in limbo, the Center for International Development (CID) has at least a temporary new lease on life. The appointment of Kamal...

Endowment Gains: Last Hurrah?

Very strong returns on investment boosted Harvard's endowment $3.3 billion last fiscal year, to a new record of $22.6 billion as of June 30...

Underwriting Public Service

A $10-million gift of funds for current use, to be expended during the next five years, has bolstered the Kennedy School of Government (KSG)...

Endowment Performance

Since Harvard Management Company established its current, highly diversified asset mix and investment strategies for the endowment in 1991...

University People

Senior Status David B. FithianPhotograph by Michael RodriguezJohn FoxPhotograph by Jim HarrisonEffective September 1, assistant dean of the...

Highwheel Harvard

The primitive "boneshaker" bicycle, with pedals attached directly to the front hub and wheels of similar diameter, made its Harvard debut in the...

Widener Reborn

On the afternoon of October 1, three students with gleaming brass horns, from each of which a banner emblazoned with an "H" hung down, mounted...