Harvard History & Traditions


“Find Yourself a Teacher…”

President Garber’s Morning Prayers

by John S. Rosenberg

Convocation 2024: The New Crew Redux

Welcoming the class of 2028 to a challenged Harvard

by John S. Rosenberg

Widsom of the Aged

Alumni perspectives on Harvard in crisis, and signs of a changed community

by Primus VI

“Volts of Your Own Spirit”

Seamus Heaney writes to Helen Vendler.

Crimson Construction

Post-pandemic campus building resumes on a massive scale.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Peacemakers

Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East

by Primus VI

John H. Finley Jr.

Brief life of a masterful House Master: 1904-1995

by Constantine Archimedes Valhouli

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Dename Winthrop?

Harvard’s process for considering denaming requests is tested for the first time.

by Nina Pasquini

Historic Humor

University Archives to preserve Harvard Lampoon materials

by Nina Pasquini