John Harvard's Journal

Ancient Egyptian painted sarcophagus with detailed hieroglyphs and a woman's face.

Padimut at Harvard

A rare Egyptian mummy case is on display at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Portrait photograph of Sherri Ann Charleston.

New diversity and inclusion officer and other Harvard news

New diversity and inclusion officer, new University Professor, and more

Photograph of David Evans

David L. Evans, longtime Harvard admissions officer, retires

David L. Evans made a difference for 50 years.

by Matteo Wong

Colorful composite drawing of the author, dressed in cap and gown, at home in Cambridge, with scenes of blossoming trees and a yellow moving truck visible through the window.

What I Learned From a Forced Return to Slowness

The pandemic sent a Harvard senior back to his hometown—just as the flowers started blooming.

by Drew Pendergrass

Photographs of the new student writing fellows Che Applewhaite and Mean Venkataramanan

Harvard Magazine’s 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Dan Barouch in his Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center laboratory

Searching for a COVID-19 vaccine

The when and how of vaccines

by Jonathan Shaw

Cartoon showing student pilots flying airplanes above Harvard's campus

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Harvard “net-zero” climate-change policy

The University adopts a new goal for managing the endowment.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova , John S. Rosenberg

Group of degree candidates from the Design School pose on the steps of Widener for an unofficial Class Day photo.

Leadership changes, new sexual-misconduct rules, and more

Leadership changes, new sexual-misconduct rules, and more

Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard ties detailed in official report

The general counsel’s report recommended—and prompted—action.

by John S. Rosenberg

image of a girl in a dark space looking upward as her flashlight illuminates a verdant space ahead

The Undergraduate faces life without handrails

The Undergraduate faces up to a postgraduate life without handrails.

by Julie Chung