John Harvard's Journal

Three joyful graduates in caps and gowns celebrate together outdoors.

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Brevia: Harvard News in Brief

New police leader, top teachers, and an excellent economist

A stylized illustration of a tree with many small flowers blooming on one side and on the other one small branch on which a small human figure is nurturing one large blossom

Pondering the Extracurricular “Founders” Puzzle

Why do so many Harvard students start clubs, instead of joining them?

by Meena Venkataramanan

Jason Rosenfeld delivers a presentation with microphone in hand

Harvard Graduate Leads in NBA Analytics

Jason Rosenfeld ’12 traces his path to sports-statistics success.

by Jacob Sweet

Screen shot of Harvard President Bacow and deans applauding graduates.

Virtual Graduation 2.0

Harvard’s second, more expansive online graduation, with honorands and more

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Bridget Terry Long, dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education

Harvard’s new education master’s program

Harvard Graduate School of Education introduces core courses and a restructured professional curriculum.

by John S. Rosenberg

Interior photograph of Harvard COOP main floor renovation

Renovation and consolidation at Harvard COOP

Renovation and consolidation at a Harvard Square institution

Braxton Shelley sits at a keyboard

Musician and professor Braxton Shelley

A gospel scholar shapes music theory.

by Jacob Sweet

Drawing of a female mallard flying down to her nest on a Harvard rooftop with food for her seven ducklings, each bearing a letter on its chest spelling out H-A-R-V-A-R-D.

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Photograph of Ruth J. Simmons, Harvard’s virtual graduation speaker in May

Harvard’s COVID-19 spring and fall outlook

The spring semester, coronavirus KO’s in-person Commencement, and fall prospects

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard and sexual harassment: an apology for the past; new steps to end it now

A withering investigation of sexual harassment

by Lydialyle Gibson