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

Debunking the Double

On the third day of my eight-week stint as a summer-school proctor, the mother of one of my charges reminded me of the difficulties that can...

by Phoebe Kosman

Undergraduate Scribes

Harvard Magazine's Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows—and "Undergraduate" columnists—for this academic year are...

River Mid-Rise

The strong geometry of Machado and Silvetti Associates' contemporary architecture rises 15 stories in a modern interpretation of Harvard housing...

Dante the Disruptor

Defenders have attitude, and their mind-set differs sharply from that of players who line up on the other side of the ball. Call it the outlook...

by Craig Lambert

$400 Million for Law

It rained on the Harvard Law School (HLS) rainmakers gathered in Langdell Hall for dinner on Friday, June 13, and in a heated tent on Holmes...

Harvard's sailing team captured the National Co-ed Championship in Grosse Point

In June, Harvard's sailing team captured the National Co-ed Championship in Grosse Point, Michigan. It was the first such title since 1974 and...

Business Brief

To buttress its $500-million capital campaign—and to foster the ethos of more complete disclosure by corporations and other...

Profile of Harvard sports enthusiast William “Bill” Markus ’60

At Harvard sporting events, Bill Markus '60 is nearly as ubiquitous as crimson jerseys. For the past two seasons, he's been in the stands for...

Carmen Arnold-Biucchi

Carmen Arnold-BiucchiPhotograph by Jim HarrisonHarvard's first curator of numismatic collections, overseeing a trove of 22,000 coins in the...

Genomic Joint Venture

Harvard, its hospitals, MIT, and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research announced on June 19 that they will together create a...