John Harvard's Journal

Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Harvard library staffers protest after possible layoffs are announced

The threat of library staff layoffs, absent details, leads to consternation and protests.

Headlines from Harvard history, May-June 1917-1982

Headlines from Harvard history

The Nieman Journalism Lab probes the future of journalism

The Nieman Journalism Lab tracks innovations in journalism, online, in print, and on the business side.

by Craig Lambert

Harvard Medical School problems caring for research primates

Harvard Medical School's primate research center encounters repeated, serious lapses of proper procedure and safe animal care

by Carolyn Y. Johnson

Update on Harvard's Fogg Art Museum reconstruction

An aerial view of the Fogg art Museum reconstruction.

Amanda Claybaugh, explicator of the nineteenth-century novel

Meet the expert on nineteenth-century novels and reformist writings.

Cohen and Hempton named deans of Radcliffe Institute and Harvard Divinity School

Lizabeth Cohen named Radcliffe dean; David N. Hempton named Divinity School dean

Headlines from Harvard's history

Headlines from Harvard's history

Allston competition, Harvard admissions, primate care, and other news

Competition for Allston development, College admissions, Old Leverett House renewal, primate care, and more

Fenway Park's first pitch: 1912 Harvard vs. Red Sox game

Account of the first game at Fenway Park in 1912, Harvard vs. Red Sox

by Christopher Klein