Harvard History & Traditions

The College Pump | May-June 2025

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

by Primus VI

The College Pump | January-February 2014

How the gray squirrels came to Harvard Yard

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2014

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2013

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

The College Pump | November-December 2013

Petting zoo on the Plaza, a Harvard/Yale man, and a late-blooming novelist

The College Pump | September-October 2013

A race in Antarctica, a rescue on Everest, a dip into the past

John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2013

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Arts & Culture | 7.18.2013

A new e-book explores the history of Harvard Yard’s 25 gates.

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2013

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2013

A Baker Library | Bloomberg Center exhibit helps commemorate women’s history at the school.

The 2013 Centennial Medals presented by the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences