John Harvard's Journal
Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide
College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week
Genomic Science and Society
Francis Collins, the home-schooled director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, visited Harvard Medical School on February 20, one...
Sprinter, Taylor, Hurdler (High)
One of the country's best track athletes, Brenda Taylor gracefully clears an indoor hurdle. Photograph by Jim Harrison The summer...
Andrew W. Murray
Photograph by Jon Chase One week after publication of the human genome, Andrew W. Murray, professor of molecular and cellular biology...
Winter's End
THE HOTTEST SHOT ON ICE Tammy Shewchuck '01 has scored more than anyone else who has ever played ice hockey at Harvard. This year...
Grading Game
Are grades inflated in the College--and does it matter? Debate over these questions is not new (see "Desperately Seeking Summa,"...
Medical Quad Times Two
The ceremonial groundbreaking for Harvard Medical School's new research building on February 1 assumes more than ordinary significance. Coming...
Homecoming
The arrangements and itinerary for the election and introduction of Harvard's twenty-seventh president, on Sunday, March 11, hewed to the...
Fineberg to Step Down as Provost
University provost Harvey V. Fineberg, once a leading candidate for Harvard's presidency, has announced his intention to resign his position...
The Summers Scoop
As an extra announcing the selection of Lawrence H. Summers as the University's next president rolled off the presses of the Harvard...