John Harvard's Journal

A football player kicking a ball while another teammate holds it on the field.

A Near-Perfect Football Season Ends in Disappointment

A loss to Villanova derails Harvard in the playoffs. 

by Dick Friedman

Photograph of Susan Murphy

Susan Murphy

Portrait of a hockey-playing statistician—from Louisiana

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photograph of Bharat Anand

Harvard rethinks online education strategy

A push to emphasize learning rather than teaching

by John S. Rosenberg

Illustration showing groups on both sides of the Charles River pushing two halves of a brick bridge together to span the river

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Architectural plan for Widener Library

Harvard Widener Library Overlooked Designer

Widener Library’s overlooked designer

by John S. Rosenberg

Photographs of Harvard and Radcliffe would-be honorands Martin Baron and Melinda Gates

Baron and Gates at Commencement, a lawsuit renewed,

Baron and Gates planned at Commencement, new Corporation member, a lawsuit renewed, and more

Divestment developments at Harvard

Developments at Harvard, Brown’s changed investments, and Yale’s engagement with companies in its portfolio

by John S. Rosenberg

A stylized plot of Lorenz's "butterfly effect" model against a black background with gold-toned curves wrapping themselves around unshown x and y axes, resembling the wings of a butterfly

The Undergraduate on power and the denial of scholarship

A student scientist contemplates power and the denial of scholarship.

by Drew Pendergrass

fencers celebrate a championship win

Harvard fencing squad update

How Harvard fencers won an Ivy championship

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard athletic season canceled

A necessary but brutal blow

Chris Lewis, ball in hand, drives past opponent

Harvard basketball season wrap-up

Injuries—and the coronavirus—lead to disappointing basketball seasons.

by David L. Tannenwald