John Harvard's Journal

Wolfram Schlenker wearing a suit sitting outdoors, smiling, with trees and a building in the background.

Harvard Economist Wolfram Schlenker Is Tackling Climate Change

How extreme heat affects our land—and our food supply 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard sophomore safety Ty Bartrum runs an intercepted St. Thomas pass back 96 yards for a touchdown.

Exceeding Expectations

Footballers’ fast, impressive start

by Dick Friedman

City skyline with construction of skyscrapers in the foreground

Real Estate by Design

A new Graduate School of Design degree

by John S. Rosenberg

Humorous illustration of Harvard Yard with Widener Library and University Hall; between the two buildings there is a swimming pool and people enjoying the pool.

Yesterday’s News

Courses in swimming pool management and table-waiting—with an eye toward summer employment

Marla Frederick and David C. Parkes, new divinity and engineering and applied sciences deans

News in Brief

New Divinity and Engineering and Applied Sciences deans, Kennedy School and Art Museums departures, and more

Photograph of Vikram Patel

Vikram Patel

He wanted to be a chef, but instead became a leader in global health

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration that plays on the grade A+ and the term Ai

AI in the Academy

Generative AI can enhance teaching and learning but augurs a shift to oral forms of student assessment.

by Jonathan Shaw

Honoring Alumni Interviewers

Miller-Hunn Award recipients

Harvard President Claudine Gay in her new office July 5, 2023

New Digs

Claudine Gay’s first day in her presidential office

Students protest the Supreme Court decision.

After Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court upends admissions.

by Jonathan Shaw , Lincoln Caplan

Irene Soto Marín with Harvard's Ancient Mediterranean Classical Sculptures

Irene Soto Marín

Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.

by Max J. Krupnick