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

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...

Undergraduate Tuition

During the past 20 years, Harvard's undergraduate bill has risen from $14,000 to $39,880 per academic year (before any offsetting financial...

"Roots" and Race

In June, a New York Times article raised a long-simmering issue: the origins and ancestry of Harvard's black students. The piece described the...

Dispatches from the Front

Interim Iraqi Government minister Nesreen Berwari's phone number, area code 914 (a New Rochelle exchange!), rings in Baghdad, a satellite trick...

University People

University Professors Laurence H. Tribe Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office George M. Whitesides Stephanie Mitchell / Harvard News...

A Gift for Openness

When Sidney Verba, Pforzheimer University Professor and director of the University Library, described the library's fledgling Open Collections...

Russia Case Progresses

In late June, Judge Douglas P. Woodlock of the U.S. District Court in Boston issued a summary judgment clearing Harvard University of three...

Controlling Conflicts of Interest

Following a broad review begun in early 2003, Harvard Medical School (HMS) this May formally reaffirmed and updated its policies governing...