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

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...

In from the Margins

The first radiant spring day formed an auspicious backdrop for President Lawrence H. Summers's first decanal appointment, on April 9. Ellen...

Study Abroad, Honors at Home

The faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has made it easier for Harvard College students to study abroad, and more difficult to earn academic...

Honor Roll

Prized Professors From left to right: Stephen Rosen, William Todd III, Jeremy Bloxham, and Marc Hauser Kris Snibbe / Harvard News Office...

"Of Faith and Citizenship"

I am one of you. But I am also one of "them." What do I mean? When I am told that this is a world at war, a war between the great civilizations...

The Changing Corporation

The President and Fellows of Harvard College—as the seven-member, self-perpetuating Corporation, the University's senior governing board...

Lessons from Dairy Queen: a memorable 2002 student speech by Avery W. Gardiner

Lessons from Dairy Queen: a memorable student speech by Avery W. Gardiner '97, J.D. '02