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October 31, 2009: Harvard 42, Dartmouth 21

Two running backs combine for 239 yards and five touchdowns.

by Bethell, John T

Photograph by Ian MacLellan

Students in Africa

Students and service at a new frontier: read 10 student profiles, view photos, and more.

Junior quarterback Collier Winters, who made his first varsity start in the Holy Cross opener, passed for two touchdowns and ran for a third in a 24-21 victory over Brown. For his play in the Brown game, Winters was named Ivy League offensive player of the week.

Harvard football 2009: Holy Cross, Brown, Lehigh

Football kicks off against Holy Cross, Brown, and Lehigh

by Bethell, John T

1968 Harvard-Yale game documentary on DVD

A new DVD and book capture the legendary 1968 Harvard-Yale game.

Man joyfully lifts a smiling child in a lively outdoor setting with other children in the background.

Christopher Higgins works at an orphanage in Busia, Uganda

A short-term stint volunteering at an orphanage in Uganda turns into much more.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

In Nairobi’s Kibera slum last August, Elizabeth Nowak ’10 worked with residents to build prototypes of VertiGrow, a vertical planter she designed with classmates in a Harvard course.

Elizabeth Nowak brings vertical agriculture to Nairobi's Kibera slum

Working with local residents to bring vertical agriculture to Nairobi’s Kibera slum

by Elizabeth Gudrais

In Nganyahun village, a Red Cross volunteer and a community leader who work with GMin teach residents how to put up bed nets.

David Sengeh combats malaria by distributing bed nets in rural Sierra Leone

Combating malaria by distributing bed nets in Sierra Leone

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Oluwadara Johnson ’10 organized a performing-arts-themed camp for disadvantaged girls last summer in Ibadan, Nigeria. Here, she picks up the girls from a meeting point to bring them to the site of the camp.

Oluwadara Johnson runs a performing-arts-themed camp for girls in Nigeria

In her home city of Ibadan, Nigeria, Oluwadara Johnson ’10 runs a performing-arts-themed camp for disadvantaged girls.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

A woman in a white shirt is pounding rice on a patterned cloth outside.

Grace Ryan films a documentary on mental-health care in Ghana

Grace Ryan ’10 films a documentary on mental-health care, and the debate over reform, in Accra, Ghana.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Children from New Hope orphanage in Busia, Uganda, make their nightly walk to get water for drinking and washing. They handle all the chores themselves—an important part of director Ken Mulago’s strategy for running the orphanage. “We want our children to behave as responsible adults,” he says. “We don’t want to raise them up just to think about themselves.”

Harvard students volunteer in Africa

Students and service at a new frontier

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Courtesy of Elisa Nabel

Elisa Nabel makes a film about childhood and innocence in Rwanda

In Rwinkwavu, Rwanda, Elisa Nabel ’11 makes a film about childhood and innocence.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

The Harvard team: Darryl Finkton ’10, Sangu Delle ’10, and Ndu Okereke ’10

Sangu Delle brings clean water to the village of Agyementi, Ghana

In Agyementi, Ghana, Sangu Delle ’10 brings clean water to a village.

by Elizabeth Gudrais