Commentary

Alexander Heffner and Governor Maura Healey

Alumni Profiles |

Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

In Harvard Yard, workers unload gigantic heads of lettuce and other greens from a truck prominently labeled United Farm Workers as students celebrate the University's decision to support the union workers by buying only UFW-certified produce.

John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2020

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Portrait photograph of Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | November-December 2020

Silver Linings

President Bacow on the engaged upside to online teaching and learning

by Lawrence Bacow

Master Yon Lee extends his hands in a tai chi pose.

John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2020

A Life in Tai Chi

The healing of Master Yon Lee

by Jacob Sweet

Letters | November-December 2020

A Quartet of Crises

Educational, financial, political, and values issues challenge Harvard’s leaders—and the University community.

Historic photograph of Charles Follen Cabot, Civil War soldier, standing, in uniform

The College Pump | November-December 2020

Likenesses

A Civil War image and an Empire State Building homage

by Primus VI

The author's dog, Yuki, sits on the grass during a walk in the park.

Commentary |

In Search of Spontaneity

A new College semester begins, at home. 

by Matteo Wong

Graphic with red background that reads: At Home with Harvard: Back to School

At Home with Harvard |

At Home with Harvard: Back to School

Our coverage of the freshman experience at Harvard

An image of a 10-centimeter-wide glass model of Phymactis pustulata, found in intertidal zones in the Western South Atlantic.

Museums & Collections |

“Hands On” with Fragile Glass Sea Creatures

Complementary imaging techniques combine to create 3-D models that virtual visitors can examine from any angle.

by Matteo Wong

Letters | September-October 2020

Cambridge 02138

Readers’ views on immigration, the pandemic, the Electoral College, and more

Photograph of Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | September-October 2020

The Road Ahead

President Bacow on Harvard’s challenge to federal efforts banning international students

by Lawrence Bacow