Students & Alumni

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

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 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

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

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

Illustration imagining the evolution of computer science at Harvard in a playful way

Features | September-October 2020

A Science Is Born

The “yeasty” times” when computer research grew at Harvard

by Harry R. Lewis

A drawing of students rebelling in a dining hall.

Treasure | September-October 2020

Rebelling and Expelling

The Class of 1823 goes rogue and gets booted.

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard History & Traditions |

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

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