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

Photograph of Caroline Tervo

Grass-roots organizing is focus of new book

Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Professor arrested, giving guidelines, and a grad-student union update

A professor arrested, gift-giving guidelines, and an update on the graduate-student union

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

Preparing Harvard students for professional education

Online summer programs get students ready for inclusive M.B.A., J.D., and M.Ed. studies.

by John S. Rosenberg

Nobel laureates, HBS dean stepping down, Allston options, and more

Nobel laureates, HBS dean stepping down, Allston options, and more