John Harvard's Journal

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

John Adams as a Harvard student, by Richard Alan Ryerson

What he learned and what he made of it

by Richard Alan Ryerson

Harvard House renewal gains and challenges

Three projects in, some physical and financial assessments

by John S. Rosenberg

Headlines from Harvard history

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Douglas Elmendorf on progressive policy and economics

New HKS dean Douglas Elmendorf talks progressive policy and economics.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

"Beyond Words" showcases Greater Boston illuminated manuscripts

Little-known treasures from Houghton Library and other collections

by John S. Rosenberg

News briefs: summer 2016

Chao Center, a Law School alumnus as vice-presidential nominee, sexual-assault lexicon, Gen Ed transition, and more

Undergraduate admissions challenges, faculty diversity

Continuing challenges to undergraduate-admissions policies, and diversifying faculties

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Magazine Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows for 2016-2017

The magazine's Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective.

The Undergraduate bears witness for a friend

The Undergraduate bears witness for a friend.

by Jenny Gathright