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

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...

Undergraduate Overseer

The newly merged offices of dean of Harvard College and dean of undergraduate education have been entrusted to Benedict H. Gross '71, Ph.D. '78...

Robert M. Gogan Jr.

Robert M Gogan, Jr. Photograph by Stu Rosner Rob Gogan is Harvard's recycling and waste-management impresario. "It's a dream job,"...

University People

Masters in the House(s) Jay and Cheryl Harris Rose Lincoln / Harvard News Service Dean of Harvard College Harry R. Lewis announced on...

Remarks by Margaret Atwood, recipient of the 2003 Radcliffe Medal

Canadian writer Margaret Atwood, A.M. '62, was the recipient of the 2003 Radcliffe Medal and gave an address at the Radcliffe Association annual...

Walking on Water: A Rowing Trifecta

Half a continent apart, on the weekend of May 31, three Harvard crews pulled off a feat unprecedented in the history of college rowing:...

At the HLS Helm

Elena Kagan, J.D. '86, once a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and later an adviser on domestic policy issues to President...