John Harvard's Journal
Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide
College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week
"The Adventure of Our Times"
Members of the University community, friends of Harvard from far and wide: we celebrate today a ritual generations old-er than our nation--a...
Talking about Terrorism
In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., on September 11, Harvard took the steps one would...
James P. Sullivan
Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) radio dispatchers refer to officers by their badge numbers. Patrolman James P. Sullivan's badge is...
Ways and Means: Harvard's Wage Debate
In partial response to the "living-wage" sit-in at Massachusetts Hall last spring and demands for a $10.25 hourly minimum wage for the...
The Law of Gravity
What goes up indeed comes down. Following the breathtaking 32.2 percent return on investments for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, Harvard...
Radcliffe Recruits
A pair of senior faculty appointments unveiled shortly before the beginning of the academic year underscores the intellectual ambitions and new...
Housing after Randomization
In the annals of undergraduate housing, the graduation of the class of 2001 marked the end of an era. My freshman year, the seniors weren't...
A Divinity Activist
Father J. Bryan Hehir from the start was on loan to Harvard. When he came to teach at the Divinity School and be part of the Weatherhead Center...
Beyond the Transcript
Last year, Harvard's senior admissions officers urged applicants to the College-- and their parents--to relax a little, lest the rising...
Buttonhook and Aloha
Record-breaking passer Rose, going aerial last fall Photograph courtesy Harvard Sports Information Talk about spectacular entrances: In...