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

Harvard financial report: strengths and warning signs

After another surplus, cautions about the University’s future financial constraints

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard archivist Megan Sniffin-Marinoff

The University archivist on what it means to “document Harvard”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Congress considers taxing endowment income

Congressional tax bills aim at universities’ endowment income.

by John S. Rosenberg

Dean George Daley’s vision for Harvard Medical School

One year into his deanship, George Daley shares his vision for Harvard Medical School.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard dean of freshmen departs and more

The dean of freshmen departs, Rhodes and Marshall scholars, and more

Final-club fallout and preventing preprofessionalism

Final-club regulations and preventing preprofessionalism

by John S. Rosenberg

Samuel Huntington remembered

A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist

by John S. Rosenberg

Headlines from Harvard’s history

“Reading period” debuts, the Maharishi visits, a blizzard shuts down the University, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Teaching rap in China, and contemplating one's blackness

Teaching rap in a Chinese high school, and contemplating one’s blackness

by Tawanda Mulalu

University marshal steps down, MacArthur fellows, more

The University Marshal retires, MacArthur fellows, diversifying freshman pre-orientation, and more