John Harvard's Journal

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Online learning evolves at Harvard and elsewhere

Online learning, evolving at Harvard and beyond, attracts critical analysis.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard unveils ambitious plans for data science

Harvard outlines steps toward a data-science institute in Allston.

by Jonathan Shaw

Headlines from Harvard history

An elephant race, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Harvard people in the news

Dunster departure, graduate-school deans, faculty writing-prize winners, and more

Harvard University Press director retiring and more

A change at Harvard University Press, and more

Harvard faculty slow growth and gradual diversification

In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, slow growth and changing demographics

by John S. Rosenberg

The Undergraduate on Harvard political polarization

The Undergraduate considers campus debate and action in a polarized era.

by Matthew Browne

Harvard Law dean to depart and other news briefs

The Law School dean steps down, graduate-student union balloting, divestment, and more

profile of Harvard water polo coach Ted Minnis

Ted Minnis makes Harvard an East Coast power in a West Coast sport.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Winter sports in brief

Hockey, squash, swimming and diving: winter sports in brief

by Lydialyle Gibson