John Harvard's Journal
At Harvard’s Beck-Warren House, Ghosts Speak Many Languages
The quirky 1833 home now hosts Celtic scholars.
The Way of the Long Strings
To be a virtuoso musician and a college student at the same time is somewhat like forcing two people into one body: something's got to give...
The '03 Scholars
Marshall and Rhodes Scholars, that is. Harvard boasted seven winners, one a double. The Marshall Scholars are seniors Christopher Laumann, a...
A Rush from Olympus
This isn't their first team effort, not by a long shot. "For so many years, they have spent so much time on the same sheet of ice together that...
Winter Sports
Men's Basketball The hoopsters (10-7, 2-2 Ivy) started well and twice dominated Dartmouth, but lost games to Ivy powers Princeton (67-61) and...
A "Down Payment" on Financial Aid
The university has created new scholarships, launched a dedicated fundraising drive, and unveiled a low-cost loan program to assist graduate-...
Noel Michele Holbrook
Noel Michele Holbrook Photograph by Stu Rosner Missy Holbrook '83 grew up in a suburb of Washington, D.C., where she somehow...
Outperformance Pays
Superior performance in money management need not be absolutely positive. Modestly negative net returns on investments, like Harvard Management...
Iron and Silk
Half an academic year into his service as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), William C. Kirby uses his first annual letter to set...
Lord Byron on Demand
Harvard University Press's backlist is both one of its greatest blessings on the world of scholars and a strong source of income—but only...
The Watertown Agreement
The fact that Harvard has agreed to pay Watertown $3.8 million annually plus 3 percent compounded over 52 years (see "Watertown-Gown...