Commentary

Herbert C. Kelman and Everett I. Mendelsohn

The College Pump | July-August 2024

Peacemakers

Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East

by Primus VI

Photograph of Harvard economist Martin Feldstein

The College Pump | May-June 2021

Wisdom of the Sages

Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles

by Primus VI

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 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 drawing showing a large crossbar being hauled into place between two tall smokestacks to make a giant "H" for "Harvard"

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2021

Yesterday's News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Formal portrait of the Board of Editors for volume 70 of the “Harvard Law Review” (1956-1957), photographed on the steps of Austin Hall. The author, only the third woman admitted to Review membership, stands in the fourth row, at upper left.

Features | January-February 2021

The Education of a Harvard Lawyer

An alumna looks back.

by Nancy Boxley Tepper

Photograph of Rob Gogan, retired recycling director and acute observer of nature on campus

The College Pump | January-February 2021

Crimson’s Mr. Green

The campus’s Mr. Green, accessing acronyms, mathematician at work, and a distracted astronomer

by Primus VI

An historic photograph from Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library archives shows the 1936 exhibition on women scientists—in this case, folders of their published scholarship.

Treasure | January-February 2021

Conservative Curation

“Women in Science” on display

by Alona Bach

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