John Harvard's Journal

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Allston Planning: Working "Hypotheses"

In a 5,900-word letter to the Harvard community dated October 21, written at the Corporation's request, President Lawrence H. Summers outlined...

Saber-Fighting Warrior

"There is something so visceral about facing off against another person," says fencer Eunice Yi '04. "You line up at the en-garde line, and you...

by Craig Lambert

Buildings and Benefits

The story of Harvard's 2003 budget came down to benefits and buildings. During the 12 months ended last June 30, the University's revenue...

Development Doyenne

Much remains to be decided about the scope, themes, and timing of Harvard's next major capital campaign. But this much is already known: "The...

Film Archive Goes Silver

Recently, a caller from the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna had two questions for Bruce Jenkins, Cavell curator of the Harvard Film Archive: Do...

Journal Opener

At the Malkin Athletic Center, fencer Eunice Yi '04 (right) slashes at her opponent with a saber. Yi is one of the top fencers on Harvard's...

Neuroscience News

Harvard's emerging Center for Systems Neuroscience got a double boost in late fall: the appointment of its first director and the approval by...

Yesterday's News

1924 In a Crimson poll on Prohibition, the Harvard community votes nearly two to one to keep the Volstead Act in force, and 1488 to 940 in...

Global Reach in Health Sciences

Drug-resistant malaria. "Risk factors" such as tobacco, alcohol abuse, and poor diet. "Delivery issues" from the training of healthcare...

Riverside Rezoned

It was June 1970 when Saundra Graham and other Riverside neighborhood activists stormed the stage at Harvard's Commencement, demanding...