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 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

Photograph of President Lawrence S. Bacow at Morning Prayers in Memorial Church

Free speech and civil discourse promoted at Harvard

Opening-days messages focus on free speech and civil discourse within Harvard.

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Ryan Enos

Social geographer Ryan Enos

The political scientist explains “social geography.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard College admissions process upheld

The College’s admissions office does not discriminate against Asian-Americans, a federal judge ruled on October 1.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

A graph showing the performance of the Harvard endowment from fiscal year 2008 to fiscal year 2019

Modest returns: Harvard endowment up 4.3 percent

The endowment rises to $40.9 billion in a year of more modest investment returns.

by John S. Rosenberg

Unhappy bell-ringer replaced by an automated bell switch sits high in the steeple looking out over part of the Harvard campus below

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history