John Harvard's Journal

At Harvard’s Beck-Warren House, Ghosts Speak Many Languages

The quirky 1833 home now hosts Celtic scholars.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Rethinking the Divinity School

"The university is very healthy as a whole. The immensely successful Rudenstine presidency has placed us in an excellent position to face...

A Cluster of (Scholarly) Stars

The Radcliffe Institute, spreading its wings as a center for advanced study affiliated with a major research university, is extending the reach...

Faculty Perk Sheet

A pdf of the Faculty Perk Sheet by Andy Borowitz '80 is available for download...

Messenger from Pakistan

Amid what administrators and police said was the heaviest security ever for a Harvard speaker, Pervez Musharraf, president of Pakistan, told a...

University People

Robert D. Reischauer Harvard News Office Familiar Fellow Robert D. Reischauer '63 was appointed to the Harvard Corporation (The...

Elite Educators

When last seen, statistician Richard J. Light, Gale professor of education, had published his findings on what makes for an effective...

Hushed Voices

Sacred and secular, the University's observance of September 11 proved both a moving memorial to the thousands who lost their lives to...

Three Maestros Talk Music

Conductors are known for their long lives—Toscanini, for example, lived to be 89. Three Harvard conductors—James Yannatos, Tom...

Raised Voices

Six days after helping to bring the community together at Harvard's observance of September 11 (see preceding page), President Lawrence H...

Brevia

  Freshman to Freshmen William C. Kirby Justin Ide / Harvard News Office Welcoming his first College entering class as dean of...