John Harvard's Journal

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

For Radcliffe: A "Founding Dean"

For Radcliffe: A "Founding Dean" Looking ahead: new Radcliffe dean Drew Gilpin Faust, acting dean Mary Maples Dunn, and President Neil L...

Refreshing the Fellows

The President and Fellows of Harvard College, as the executive governing board of the University is officially titled, has returned to full...

Two Buildings, Many Obstacles

Two Buildings, Many Obstacles Permit hurdles remained as this magazine went to press, but the Faculty of Arts and Sciences' (FAS) long-delayed...

Reflecting on 35 Years of the NEA

Reflecting on 35 Years of the NEA Diva Jessye Norman, D.Mus. '88, sang to honor the thirty-fifth anniversary of the National Endowment for the...

The College's Course of Study

The College's Course of Study Harvard undergraduates' course work has become steadily more demanding, requiring "much more alertness and...

WorldÌs Greatest University Takes Heat

World's Greatest University Takes Heat Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the largest health plan in Massachusetts, having experienced huge losses...

Harvard news and notes, spring 2000

The University Brevia PH.D. MAGIC: Illustration by Rick Stromoski Each Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Bulletin features "BackTalk," a...

Ticking... Tocking Restored

One day last autumn, the clock in the tower of Adolphus Busch Hall stopped. Grime, exhausted bushings, and a pinion worn halfway through. In...

University People

The care and nurturing of the 3,100 students and 2,200 scholars who come from abroad to study, teach, or hold fellowships at Harvard annually...

Just Plain Silliness

Just Plain Silliness Inspired silliness is the goal--but where inspiration temporarily falters, then by all means let's have aimless...