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 swimmer Dean Farris builds on his breakout rookie season

No longer a “skinny kid,” swimmer Dean Farris ’20 builds on his breakout rookie season.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Winthrop House renovated and expanded

Undergraduates return to newly improved digs.

How some colleges help first-generation and low-income students succeed

How some colleges help first-generation and low-income students succeed

by John S. Rosenberg

Nicco Mele of Harvard’s Shorenstine Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy

The director of the Shorenstein Center on how the Internet came to mean so much to him. 

by Oset Babür

Public Health’s Past and Future

Michelle Williams, a year into her role as Public Health School dean

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Headlines from Harvard’s history

“Vagabonding,” Harvard Student Agencies, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Disappointing returns for Harvard endowment amid restructuring

CEO N.V. Narvekar assesses Harvard Management Company’s most recent fiscal-year performance, and the road ahead.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard leaders stress community values at start of the academic year

Harvard’s leaders stress community values at the start of the academic year.

by Sophia Nguyen , Marina N. Bolotnikova

Kennedy School offer to controversial figure provokes uproar

A “visiting fellow” invitation provokes an uproar.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Final Clubs, Continued

Unrecognized single-gender social organizations dominate another Faculty of Arts and Sciences monthly meeting.

by John S. Rosenberg