John Harvard's Journal

Can Harvard’s Football Team Repeat Its Ivy League Success?

Despite personnel losses, Crimson captain Xaviah Bascon is upbeat about the 2026 season.

by Dick Friedman

Capitalism Campaign

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

Jonathan and Christine Seidman

As youngsters they were far apart—he spent much of his youth in Ghana, she grew up on Long Island—but they met at Harvard, married in...

Military Recruiters Get Official Welcome

For more than 20 years, military recruiters have been banned from working through the Law School's Office of Career Services because of the...

Veritas Values

Prompted by the Harvard Committee on Employment and Contracting Policies—the group formed in response to the "living wage...

Brevia

Spirits of the Law  Since January 1999, when then-provost Harvey V. Fineberg promulgated it, Harvard's policy has been to prohibit...

China Summer

Jinhua, a prefecture composed of eight counties in the middle of Zhejiang Province—six hours by slow train south of Shanghai—is hot...

First Impression

Anna Harkey's cylinder seal, when rolled across damp clay, yields an autobiography in relief. The image includes her name in English, the year...

Allston Update

Just two years ago, Harvard seemed flush with investment profits and generous campaign donations. Former president Neil L. Rudenstine had raised...

Harvard Patterns

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