John Harvard's Journal

Wolfram Schlenker wearing a suit sitting outdoors, smiling, with trees and a building in the background.

Harvard Economist Wolfram Schlenker Is Tackling Climate Change

How extreme heat affects our land—and our food supply 

by Nell Porter-Brown

portrait photograph of Nicholas Stephanopoulos in a casual shirt and jeans

Nicholas Stephanopoulos

An election-law scholar and litigator zeroes in on political gerrymandering.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Conservators from Skylight Studios work on the John Harvard statue

John Harvard Statue Undergoes Restoration

The well-loved statue gets spiffed up for the new school year 

by Nancy Walecki

Illustration showing how Harvard Business School settled on its new name in 1961

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Photographic portrait of Harvard provost Alan M. Garber

edX Exit

Harvard and MIT sell to a for-profit company, and pursue their mission with a new model.

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

Dr. Diane L. Moore, Religion and Public Life Director

Divinity School Launches New Degree Programs

The new Religion and Public Life initiative promotes "religious literacy" in the professions

by Nancy Walecki

Photograph of Manuel Cuevas-Trisán, new head of Human Resources

Brevia

New personnel chief, Supreme Court appeal, Yale aims for zero greenhouse-gas emissions, and more

“/Gaishay focusing the camera,” a photograph taken during a 1957-58 ethnographic expedition in Namibia, shows three indigenous boys, one standing behind a camera on a tripod

Documenting New England’s Unseen

Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts

by Che Applewhaite

Harvard Magazine’s 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

players from two opposing teams line up at line of scrimmage.

Back to the Gridiron

Footballers shake off the rust from a long hiatus

by Dick Friedman

Breaking even in a bleak year?

Elements may be in place for the University’s financial recovery.

by Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg