Harvard History & Traditions

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

Illustration of Massachusetts Hall, Harvard president’s office

The College Pump | September-October 2023

Presidents’ Paths

Life decisions en route to Massachusetts Hall

by Primus VI

Installation photos of Harvard presidents Lawrence Summers, Drew Gilpin Faust, and Lawrence Bacow

Letters | September-October 2023

Reading the Tea Leaves

The messages and meanings of Harvard’s presidential installations

Illustration of a football coin toss with coin landing on edge

John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2023

Yesterday’s News

A coin toss forecasts a surprising football score.

Cartoon of Anne Pusey redecoration president’s house 1953

John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2023

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Ursula Bailey working in a Harvard geology laboratory, 1945

Features | July-August 2023

Ursula B. Marvin

Brief life of a pioneering planetary geologist: 1921-2018

by David A. Kring

The late professors Roy J. Glauber and Henry Rosovsky

The College Pump | July-August 2023

Origin Stories

Eminent professors’ life foundations

by Primus VI

Memorial Church

University News |

Henry Rosovsky Memorial Service May 31

President Bacow invites the community to remember a Harvard giant.

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Sarah Kariko ’90 operating a letterpress at the Bow & Arrow Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts

University News |

The Eviction of the Bow & Arrow Press

The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.

by Craig Lambert

Cartoon of Harvard Band’s large drum

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2023

Yesterday’s News

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Archibald Henry Grimke in 1927

Features | May-June 2023

Archibald Henry Grimke

Brief life of a Black Harvard Law School graduate: 1849-1930

by Kerri K. Greenidge