John Harvard's Journal
Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide
College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week
Brevia
Cellist CelebratedThe tenth annual Harvard Arts Medal will be conferred on internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma '76, D.Mus. '91, during...
The Prankster’s Secret
Thayer. 2 a.m. Six freshmen, clad in muted grays, stocking-caps, and ski-masks, review, for the umpteenth time, their plot. Lock-pick kit?...
Baker, Bisected
The reconstruction of Harvard Business School's Baker Library — to incorporate a 100,000-square-foot new "academic center" and...
The Rhodes Roster
Thayer. 2 a.m. Six freshmen, clad in muted grays, stocking-caps, and ski-masks, review, for the umpteenth time, their plot. Lock-pick kit?...
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...
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...