Harvard History & Traditions

Humanities & Arts |

Jimmy Carter and James Agee ’32

Why this “sovereign prince of the English language” touched the president’s heart

by Lincoln Caplan

Bronze weight shaped as a bust of an empress, featuring intricate details and a hook for hanging.

The College Pump | January-February 2025

Western Civ.

An archaeologist/curator/hands-on humanist, and an artifact from the era of typewritten term papers

by Primus VI

Barbara Lawrence seated, wearing a textured blouse, in a portrait from the late 1930s.

Features | January-February 2025

Barbara Lawrence

Brief life of an intrepid mammalogist: 1909-1997

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration of a career consultant reading from a paper while seated on a statue pedestal, with a long line of students waiting nearby.

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2025

Yesterday’s News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

President Garber sitting in a wood chair on a platform

University News |

President Garber’s Quiet Installation

A private ceremony celebrated Garber’s appointment as president.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard President Alan Garber at a podium in Memorial Church

University News |

“Find Yourself a Teacher…”

President Garber’s Morning Prayers

by John S. Rosenberg

Matthews students pose for picture before Convocation procession

University News |

Convocation 2024: The New Crew Redux

Welcoming the class of 2028 to a challenged Harvard

by John S. Rosenberg

Covers of Harvard and Radcliffe College class of 1954 seventieth reunion class reports

The College Pump | September-October 2024

Widsom of the Aged

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

by Primus VI

A perfect match of poet and critic: Seamus Heaney and Helen Vendler at Sligo Town Hall for the Yeats International Summer School, 1987

Montage | September-October 2024

“Volts of Your Own Spirit”

Seamus Heaney writes to Helen Vendler.

A whimsical illustration of four people in 1920s attire driving a vintage green car, waving a "Harvard" flag as they pass by a red-brick building with a clock tower at night.

John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2024

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Construction site of the commercial Enterprise Research Campus in Allston

John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2024

Crimson Construction

Post-pandemic campus building resumes on a massive scale.

by Jack R. Trapanick