Harvard History
Stories that explore the institution’s rich history, from archival moments to evolving traditions.
Cambridge Once Fought Harvard’s DNA Research. Now There’s a Play About It.
A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.
Yesterday's News
1923 The committee examining Harvard’s admissions process discourages giving preferential treatment to alumni children because...
Tough Turkeys
"Your wooden arm you hold outstretched to shake with passers-by." Turkeys are menacing innocent students at the Business...
Ko K'un-hua
Yale was the first American college to offer instruction in Chinese, in 1877; apparently, no one signed up. The next year, a group of Boston and...
Yesterday's News
1913 The Alumni Bulletin welcomes the founding of the Harvard University Press as an “eminently appropriate [way to] powerfully...
Frank Roosevelt at Harvard
A profile of the president as alumnus