John Harvard's Journal

Highlights from Harvard’s Past

The rise of Cambridge cyclists, a lettuce boycott, and Julia Child’s cookbooks

Harvard 2024 Commencement Rhetoric

Commencement rhetoric on threats to higher education, melding divergent views, doing good, and combating the loss of trust

Harvard Campus Disruptions

Addressing bias and hatred, challenging governance, reacting to protest, and trying to find a way forward

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard's Tumultuous 2023-2024 School Year Ends in Protests

Harvard’s tumultuous year ends in modified festival rites, amid passionate protests.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Honorary Degrees 2024

Harvard’s 2024 honorary degree recipients

Harvard Board of Overseers and HAA Candidates

Candidates for the Board of Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) elected directors

How are Harvard's Admissions Changing?

The class of 2028—plus admissions policy concerning diversity, standardized tests, and legacies

by John S. Rosenberg

Renovating Harvard Graduate School of Design's Gund Hall

Renovations on Gund Hall of Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) to be completed by next year. 

by Nina Pasquini

Brief Harvard News

Commencement speaker, new Corporation Fellows, and more

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Harvard in the Interim

The University’s interim president and provost address a challenging agenda.

by John S. Rosenberg