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

Rethinking College

The current review of Harvard's undergraduate curriculum has become the widest imaginable inquiry into teaching and learning at the College...

Maestro of the Mat

Last December, at the Cliff Keen Invitational wrestling tournament in Las Vegas, something unusual happened: Jesse Jantzen '04 lost a bout. In...

by Craig Lambert

Arts and Sciences' Ambitious Plans

In his annual report, published in early February, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) William C. Kirby outlined three simultaneous...

Winter Sports in Progress

Ice Hockey The men (8-11-2 overall, 6-8-1 ECAC) continued strong play that often has come up a goal or two short. By midseason, their only Ivy...

Michael Ignatieff

Unlike the world, the Kennedy School office of Michael Ignatieff, Ph.D. '76, is immaculately tidy. "It's complete illusion," he...

Creating Community, On-line and Off

The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving were especially busy for Harvard bloggers.Robert John Bennett '68, who's writing a novel on-line, posted...

Recruiting vs. Rights

The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving were especially busy for Harvard bloggers.Robert John Bennett '68, who's writing a novel on-line, posted...

Design Dean to Step Down

Peter G. Rowe, dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD) since 1992, announced in October his intention to step down at the end of this...

“People Who Look like You”

Sitting on a radiator in a Science Center corridor, Deborah A. Batts '69, J.D. '72, who is U.S. district judge for the Southern District of New...

by Nathan Heller

Aiming at Alcohol

When the Committee to Address Sexual Assault at Harvard reported to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences last spring, it pointedly observed...