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

Harvard Patterns

Every time a Harvard office hires an architect, designer, or planner—and that happens frequently—plans and maps and other kinds of...

First-year Double-talk

It is one of the paradoxes of the Harvard experience that the admissions process demands self-promotion, but the epilogue to the admissions...

by Phoebe Kosman

Getting Centered

Almost unnoticed, much of the University's scholarly work has migrated from departments and individual professors' offices to...

Catcher on the Fly

The game's turning point—and perhaps the play that locked up last year's Ivy football title—came with 6:57 left in the third period...

by Craig Lambert

Neighbors on Edge

Residents bordering Harvard have turned building projects into political battlegrounds. Below, a Harvard rejoinder. More than five...

Historic Henley

Even given the storied history of Harvard crew, it was an unprecedented day. On Sunday, July 7, the final day of the Henley Royal Regatta in...

Developmental Troubles

When the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) was disbanded in 2000, it meant the disappearance of the University's largest...

Laura Justine Garwin

Laura Justine Garwin Photograph by Stu Rosner After trumpeting with Harvard's jazz, concert, and marching bands, the Bach Society...

Stop the Presses

Harvard has gotten out of the printing business for the third time in its history. On June 17 the University shed the 23 workers composing the...