John Harvard's Journal

Can Harvard’s Football Team Repeat Its Ivy League Success?

Despite personnel losses, Crimson captain Xaviah Bascon is upbeat about the 2026 season.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard's honorary-degree recipients of 2011

The honorary-degree recipients of 2011

Highlights from Harvard's 360th Commencement

Highlights from Harvard's 360th Commencement

Harvard men's basketball wins first Ivy title

The men's basketball team wins its first Ivy title.

Harvard southpaw Brent Suter is one of the Ivy League’s elite starters.

Southpaw Brent Suter averages nearly a strikeout per inning.

by Craig Lambert

Do Harvard undergraduates ponder the meaning of life?

Do Harvard undergraduates ponder the meaning of life?

by Madeleine Schwartz

Roundup of recent Harvard news

The passing of a University icon, Commencement speakers, Overseer leaders, humanities and arts honorands, and other University news

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.