John Harvard's Journal

Highlights from Harvard’s Past

The rise of Cambridge cyclists, a lettuce boycott, and Julia Child’s cookbooks

Burned at the Buzzer

The big hit of the New York theater season in 1894 was William Gillette's Too Much Johnson. It was a farce, but when it was revived at Yale Bowl...

by Bethell, John T

Network for the Next Generation

The surveillance area of Harvard's network operations center (NOC) bears a fleeting resemblance to the helm of a starship. The large screen at...

Sisters in Thin Air

The tallest group of women ever to play basketball for Harvard is now on the court. They're not just high, but mighty: "This is potentially...

Women in the Sciences

Five professors and the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) are jointly pursuing creative approaches to a persistent problem: the...

Fall Sports Synopsized

Women’s Soccer Undefeated in the ivies, the Crimson side (14-2-1 overall, 6-0-0 Ivy) won their fourth league title in five years...

Harvard Then and Now: The Decade Detailed

Value of Endowment, Average Salaries, and other statistics; 1990 and 2000.

Harvard on Housing

Deepening its involvement in Boston and Cambridge, Harvard has pledged financial support for affordable housing in the two cities. At a news...

The Provost Meets the Press...

Harvey v. Fineberg '67, M.D. '71, M.P.P. '72, Ph.D. '80, who had served as dean of the School of Public Health since 1984, was appointed...

Bruce Jenkins

As an undergraduate working for the New York University cinema studies department, Bruce Jenkins operated a technological device that has...

Dedicating Maxwell Dworkin

How is it that a famous liberal-arts center like Harvard, home to what is arguably the world's first computer, could also be called the...