John Harvard's Journal
Padimut at Harvard
A rare Egyptian mummy case is on display at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.
Globalization Defended
Offering a confident defense of globalization, now assailed by many critics, Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers delivered this year's Edwin...
Commencement Confetti
VITAL STATISTICS The University awarded 6,349 earned degrees, 11 honorary degrees, and 290 certificates at its 352nd Commencement. Diplomas went...
Pillars of the Economy
As deteriorating local-government finances collide with expanding — and property-tax-exempt — campuses, Boston-area research...
Speak Memory
"Here I am, an old man in a dry month,/Being read to by a boy, waiting for rain," said T.S. Eliot '10 into the microphone. He was giving a...
Stemming the Applications Flood
Harvard College will henceforth require that early-action applicants for admission not apply early elsewhere. Students admitted early to...
Grade Deflation
Jawboning works. That's the import of a letter to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) from Benedict H. Gross, dean of undergraduate...
Stage One
Two years ago, Emily Knapp '03 was slated to be the assistant director for a production of Eugene O'Neill's The Great God Brown, which the...
Brevia
Global Perspective At a time of war, shifting international alliances, and reassessment of the gains from "globalization" of the world...
Finding Fuller
I've got a crush on Hank Fuller — and who can blame me? Toby "Hank" Fuller Jr. worked his way up from the junior-varsity football...
Diamonds for Tiffany
Last year's Ivy League Player of the Year, Whitton hits for average, power, and RBIs Photograph by Jim Harrison Late in the season last...