John Harvard's Journal

Padimut at Harvard

A rare Egyptian mummy case is on display at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.

by Nell Porter-Brown

The "Invisible University"

Postdocs Tristan Darland (left) and Pamela Kainz at Harvard's Biological Laboratories. Photograph by Jim Harrison They have been...

In Watertown, a New Frontier?

The geographic center of the University's ambitions for campus growth over the next several decades lies to the south of Harvard Square, in the...

Aid and Tuition Head Higher

Echoing the enhancement in financial aid implemented in the fall of 1998, the College has increased its undergraduate aid budget by $8.3...

Down by the Riverside: A Progress Report

The garden center that leases a 2.3-acre piece of Cambridge riverfront from Harvard is bringing out its flats of marigolds and petunias for...

Harvard Backs After-School Initiative

The blue lights of police cruisers flashed outside Allston's Jackson/Mann elementary school on an early spring morning. "What's going on in...

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,&quot...