John Harvard's Journal
Back to Basics
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences discusses classroom conversations, boosts aid, addresses discipline—and faces austerity
by John S. Rosenberg
“No Secrets about How to Get Faster”
No longer a “skinny kid,” swimmer Dean Farris ’20 builds on his breakout rookie season.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Kennedy School Reconstructed
A campus remade in the course of the capital campaign
Strengths—and Warning Signs
After another surplus, cautions about the University’s future financial constraints
by John S. Rosenberg
Megan Sniffin-Marinoff
The University archivist on what it means to “document Harvard”
by Lydialyle Gibson
Taxing Matters
Congressional tax bills aim at universities’ endowment income.
by John S. Rosenberg
“Cheaper, Faster, Better”
One year into his deanship, George Daley shares his vision for Harvard Medical School.
by Jonathan Shaw
University People
The dean of freshmen departs, Rhodes and Marshall scholars, and more
News Briefs
Final-club regulations and preventing preprofessionalism
by John S. Rosenberg
Samuel Huntington, Prophet
A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist
by John S. Rosenberg
Yesterday’s News
“Reading period” debuts, the Maharishi visits, a blizzard shuts down the University, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine