Harvard College
News, milestones, and profiles focused on the undergraduate experience.
Harvard’s New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths
A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.
Two Momentous Faculty Retirements
Arthur Kleinman and Harry Lewis depart the classroom.
Centralizing University Discipline
Harvard establishes new disciplinary procedures for campus protest violations.
Harvard Sues Over Funding Freeze
The University takes the Trump administration to federal court.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker
The basketball player and writer will address Harvard seniors on May 28.
Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened
Ability to host foreign students also in jeopardy
A Harvard Love Story in Poetry
Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer
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Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Discipline and Financial Aid
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences discusses classroom conversations, boosts aid, addresses discipline—and faces austerity
Improving Harvard College and Graduate School Discipline
After the 2024 encampment, a Faculty of Arts and Sciences committee recommends changes.
Increasing Access
President Alan M. Garber on enhancing financial aid and extending education beyond Harvard’s campus
Harvard Augments Financial Aid—and Girds for Austerity
Dean Hopi Hoekstra details Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ priorities.