Commentary

Alexander Heffner and Governor Maura Healey

Alumni Profiles |

Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Letters | March-April 2021

A Tale of Two Universities

What Ivy institutions’ diverging paths reveal

Portrait photograph of Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | March-April 2021

Resolve

President Bacow on speech on campus

by Lawrence Bacow

Letters | March-April 2021

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Acupuncture, climate change, renaming

Solomon Gate in an open position.

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2021

A Gate of Whimsy

At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard

by Jacob Sweet

Mark Steele illustration of Lowell House’s bells being rung for the first time by a giant hand stretching from a cloud to swing the detached belfry.

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2021

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

A man runs around the perimeter of Harvard Stadium

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2021

The 1,200 Loop

A legendary route’s disputed distance

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of the Tucson, Arizona, skyline and downtown taken at sunset.

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2021

Adulting, Interrupted

The Undergraduate balances childhood and maturity.

by Meena Venkataramanan

Photograph of architect H.H. Richardson’s house

The College Pump | March-April 2021

Dues to the Past

Classy masks, dapper archaeologist, saving H.H. Richardson’s house

by Primus VI

A large dorm room with desk, bed, lamps, and quarantine necessities, including bottled water, masks, and sanitizing supplies.

Students |

A Senior Makes It Back to Campus

What’s changed—and what hasn’t

by Meena Venkataramanan

At Home with Harvard |

At Home With Harvard: Editors' Favorite Stories of 2020

Our editors choose their favorite stories from the year.