John Harvard's Journal

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Harvard's Nico Weiler is a pole vault champion

Nico Weiler clears inhuman heights, and not by human instinct.

by Craig Lambert

Harvard news: Oprah Winfrey, Cass R. Sunstein, College costs, and more

Harvard news: Oprah at Commencement, Cass R. Sunstein, College admissions and costs, union contract, quiz-show titles overturned, sustainable-investing vice president, and more

An Irish Harvard College student's local family

The Undergraduate, from Ireland, finds friendship in a local host family.

by Cherone Duggan

Harvard fundraising needs and competition

The University approaches a public fundraising drive

Martin Puchner, author and professor of drama and of English

The English professor has already written three books and edited the 6,000-page third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature.

Headlines from Harvard history, May-June 1913-1998

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Harvard's edX venture: growth and challenges

A first-year report on HarvardX and edX, the online-education partnership with MIT

More Harvard e-mail investigations disclosed

Fallout from cheating investigation widens as additional reviews of a resident dean’s accounts are reported to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Harvard basketball shocks New Mexico in 2013 NCAA tournament upset

The Crimson shocks New Mexico in NCAA tournament upset, loses in 2nd round.

Rebecca Nadler, giant slalom NCAA champion

Rebecca Nadler is Harvard's first NCAA gold medalist in skiing.

by Craig Lambert