Commentary

Alexander Heffner and Governor Maura Healey

Alumni Profiles |

Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

University News |

Re-naming Lowell House?

The faculty deans prompt a discussion.

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of John C. Calhoun statue in Charleston in midair being lifted up by a crane

Commentary |

Calhoun-Fall

The rise and fall of Charleston’s John C. Calhoun statue, a monument to white supremacy 

by Peter H. Wood

Harvard History & Traditions |

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

Cartoon showing student pilots flying airplanes above Harvard's campus

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2020

Yesterday's News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Letters | July-August 2020

Lessons Learned

What Harvard has already learned from the pandemic—and strategic challenges to come

image of a girl in a dark space looking upward as her flashlight illuminates a verdant space ahead

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2020

Point of No Return

The Undergraduate faces up to a postgraduate life without handrails.

by Julie Chung

Massachusetts Hall

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2020

Icon

Harvard’s oldest building at 300

by John S. Rosenberg

Bill Clinton with Yasser Arafat, King Hussein, and Benjamin Netanyahu, October 1, 1996, at the White House

Features | July-August 2020

The Indispensable Power

On restoring American leadership through diplomacy

by Nicholas Burns

Photograph of Martin Baron

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2020

Graduation, Socially Distanced

Details of the virtual degree-conferral ceremonies

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Nelson Mandela receiving honorary degree and University Marshal Rick Hunt

The College Pump | July-August 2020

The Coronavirus Spring

Campus and Commencement without people, social distance, Dr. Fauci, and a meaningful password

by Primus VI