John Harvard's Journal

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

The Undergraduate considers study abroad

The Undergraduate considers study abroad.

by Isa Flores-Jones

Dick Friedman on early season Harvard football

The early season holds no easy wins for Harvard football.

by Dick Friedman

Saber champion Eli Dersh­witz looks to the 2020 Olympics.

Ranked first in the world, fencer Eli Dersh­witz looks to the 2020 Olympics.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard inaugurates Larry Bacow, its twenty-ninth president

The University’s new leader focuses on challenges to higher education in America.

by John S. Rosenberg

New community convening spaces straddle the Charles

Smith Campus Center, Klarman Hall debut.

by Oset Babür

Harvard endowment and capital campaign totals

The bottom line on the endowment

by John S. Rosenberg

Khalil Abdur-Rashid, Muslim chaplain at Harvard

The University’s Muslim chaplain

by Sophia Nguyen

Harvard’s twenty-ninth president gets to work

With greetings to the community, and a major faculty appointment, new Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow sets to work.

Harvard defends race-conscious admissions policies against lawsuit

New filings in a lawsuit against Harvard over admissions allege discrimination against Asian-Americans.

by Brandon J. Dixon

Durba Mitra studies gender in South Asia

Harvard’s first professor appointed solely in gender studies

by Marina N. Bolotnikova