Harvard History & Traditions
Stories that explore the institution’s rich history, from archival moments to evolving traditions.
Free Speech, the Bomb—and Donald Trump
A Harvard cardiologist on the unlikely alliances that shaped a global movement to prevent nuclear war
Remembering Towering Physicist Julian Schwinger (1918-1994)
At Jefferson Laboratory, Nobel Prize winners gather to remember one of their own.
Grad-student unionization, sexual assault, and more
Grad-student unionization, sexual assault, and more
Headlines from Harvard's history
Headlines from Harvard’s history
Alain Locke as activist aesthete
Rediscovering Alain Locke and the project of black self-realization
by Adam Kirsch
Big names on campus, how to install a president, football at Fenway
Big names on campus, how to install a president, football at Fenway
by Primus VI
Harvard archivist Megan Sniffin-Marinoff
The University archivist on what it means to “document Harvard”
Samuel Huntington remembered
A memorial minute on the eminent political scientist
Headlines from Harvard’s history
“Reading period” debuts, the Maharishi visits, a blizzard shuts down the University, and more from the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine
Ship of state, margin call, dioramas, and Dan Aaron
Ship of state, margin call, dioramas, and Dan Aaron
by Primus VI
The Four Chaplains are honored at Harvard
A Veterans Day commemoration recalls service and sacrifice.
by Jean Martin