John Harvard's Journal

Harvard Economist Wolfram Schlenker Is Tackling Climate Change

How extreme heat affects our land—and our food supply 

by Nell Porter-Brown

In pilot program, Harvard places faculty residents in graduate-student housing

The Graduate Commons Program places faculty residents in graduate-student housing.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Headlines from Harvard history

Headlines from Harvard history

Public input revises a list of important “hard problems” in the social sciences

An online discussion and poll revise the list of “hard problems” in the social sciences drafted by scholars at a Harvard symposium last year.

Readers offer examples of teaching that worked

Readers recall effective, innovative education—and more Faculty of Arts and Sciences “conversations” on pedagogy.

Harvard College reinstates nonbinding early-action for applicants

Harvard College reinstates nonbinding early-action for applicants.

The University plans for an anniversary.

The University plans for an anniversary.

Meet the men who tend Harvard Yard

Meet the men who tend the Yard.

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering makes a fast start

Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has made a fast start.

by Courtney Humphries

ROTC returns to Harvard

As military service is opened to gays, the University agrees to end a ban dating to the Vietnam War era.

Profile of Harvard's women tennis co-captains: Rosekrans and Cao

Tennis co-captains Rosekrans and Cao converge on the court.

by Craig Lambert