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

Steady State

Diversification pays. So do effective investment disciplines. Those are the two signal lessons from recent Harvard Management Company (HMC)...

Crimson, White, and Blue

On a campus steeped in lore and history, perhaps no history is more visibly honored than that of Harvard's warriors. Since the earliest days of...

by Garrett M. Graff

Watertown-Gown

Harvard has reached an agreement to pay $480 million over 52 years to neighboring Watertown, Massachusetts, where in May 2001 the University...

Taut and Suspenseful

In a shootout between the defending champions of the Ivy and Patriot Leagues, the football team fell to Lehigh, 36-35, in the final minute of...

by Bethell, John T

Curriculum Czar

Propelled by the cataclysm of World War II—and a half-dozen years of prior study of the undergraduate curriculum—a faculty committee...

Fall Sports

Field Hockey The stickwomen (5-1, 3-0 Ivy) got off to a fast start, knocking off Penn, Brown, and Yale in their first three Ivy contests...

Capitalism Campaign

Harvard Business School (HBS), established in 1908, on September 21 formally launched its first capital campaign. The timing might not seem...

Malkin Renewal

Nothing exceeds like success. Last summer, the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) installed some new exercise equipment, completely refurbishing its...

University People

Bridging a Graduate Gap A scientist follows an historian of science, as James M. Hogle and Doreen Hogle succeed Everett I. Mendelsohn and Mary...

HOLLIS Improved

Choosing the relative peace of July, when the inevitable bugs could be dealt with calmly, the University Library released a greatly improved...