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: With Yale’s Melvin Rouse II in vain pursuit, Harvard’s Aidan Borguet heads for the goal line.

Harvard football season wrap-up

Dreadful defeats—and a heartbreaking Game—produced the Crimson’s first losing season of the century.

by Dick Friedman

Photograph of athletic and sports medicine trainer Brant Berkstresser

Brant Berkstresser and sports medicine at Harvard

Brant Berkstresser aims to ensure sound bodies for Harvard’s student athletes.

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of Harvard graduate students during their strike

Harvard graduate students go on strike

HGSU-UAW members go out on strike two days before reading period. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Photograph of major construction projects in Harvard Square

Harvard Square under reconstruction

A familiar place’s new faces

Photograph of art historian Shawon Kinew

Harvard Portrait: Shawon Kinew

Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard faculty divestment debate and Overseer challenge

A faculty debate, and a challenge slate for the Board of Overseers

by John S. Rosenberg

Drawing of Harvard and Oregon football players at the Rose Bowl, with the goalposts depicted at two long-stemmed red roses with a bar between them

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Honoring artists and writers

An appreciation for outstanding work

Harvard’s fiscal year 2019 endowment returns by asset class

Harvard’s budget surpluses and endowment challenges

An analysis of the annual financial report, and of Harvard Management Company’s transformation

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Harvard athletics director Robert L. Scalise

Sexual-misconduct survey results, athletics director to retire

Sexual-misconduct survey results, and the athletics director to retire

by Jonathan Shaw