John Harvard's Journal

Can Harvard’s Football Team Repeat Its Ivy League Success?

Despite personnel losses, Crimson captain Xaviah Bascon is upbeat about the 2026 season.

by Dick Friedman

A Magnificent Acquisition

Piet Mondrian's Composition with Blue, Black, Yellow, and Red is now part of the University's art collections, thanks to a gift from the family...

Taking Care of Junior Professors

Having identified financial and other pressures on untenured professors, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Jeremy R. Knowles...

"Bright Line" at the Business School

Harvard Business School has prohibited faculty members from having a "financial interest" or "formal position" in enterprises launched, run, or...

Pay for Performance

Harvard Management Company's president, Jack R. Meyer, and its five best-performing portfolio managers earned compensation totaling $41.1...

Richard G. Heck Jr.

Philosopher Richard Heck earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Duke, studied philosophy at Oxford, and got his Ph.D. at MIT in 1991...

HIID, Dismantled

For many years, Harvard has moved gradually but consistently toward globalizing its mission and outreach, with new international programs in the...

Preserving Harvard’s large outdoor Henry Moore sculpture

The bronze Large Four Piece Reclining Figure by Henry Moore that has reclined on the grass in front of Lamont Library for almost 20 years is now...

University People

Doctor in the House Harvey V. Fineberg, Harvard’s provost, began a medical leave and underwent surgery December 16 for what was described...

Sharing the Wealth

For the second year in a row, the President and Fellows of Harvard College have authorized a larger-than-usual increase in the distribution from...

Quest for the Best

How to help academically distinguished, but economically and socially disadvantaged, high-school students succeed in college and later in life?...