Commentary

A bride and groom in formal attire cut a tiered cake at a candlelit wedding reception table.

The College Pump | May-June 2025

We Were Students Once...

Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer

by Primus VI

Photograph of Milman Parry in Paris, circa 1925-1928

Features | September-October 2022

Milman Parry

Brief life of a Homeric scholar with a big idea: 1902-1935

by Robert Kanigel

A red brick sunken pit in a plaza.

University News |

The End of the Harvard Square Pit

Reconstruction of a local landmark begins soon.

by Jacob Sweet

Illustration of football players hanging their laundry out to dry

Harvard History & Traditions |

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Photograph of Richard Evans Schultes at Chiribiquete conservation area

Features | July-August 2022

Richard Evans Schultes

Brief life of a pioneering ethnobotanist and conservationist: 1915-2001

by Mark J. Plotkin

Historic photo of Harvard Commencement 1915

The College Pump | July-August 2022

Moveable Feast

Commencement venues through the ages

by Primus IV

Illustration of 2022 Commencement with movie camera for first time

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2022

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Portrait of Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson, ca. 1922

Features | May-June 2022

Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson

Brief life of a dauntless educator: 1887-1951

by David Haig

Historic portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

The College Pump | May-June 2022

On Commencements

Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days

by Primus VI

Blanche Calloway spreading her arms during a performance

Treasure | May-June 2022

Blanche Calloway, Cab’s Enterprising Older Sister

The success and struggles of a pioneering musician

by Jacob Sweet

Weld Boat House

University News |

Newell and Weld Boat Houses Scheduled for Major Renovation

Comprehensive modernization to begin this year

by John S. Rosenberg