John Harvard's Journal

A football player in a white jersey evades a defender in a green uniform on the field.

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

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

Massachusetts Hall

Massachusetts Hall at 300

Harvard’s oldest building at 300

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Martin Baron

Harvard Commencement 2020

Details of the virtual degree-conferral ceremonies

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Melissa Dell

Harvard Portrait: Melissa Dell

“In the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, people in academic institutions like Harvard predominantly studied the U.S. and Europe,” says the development economist.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard fall coronavirus decisions

The factors influencing the fall semester—and beyond

by John S. Rosenberg

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