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.
Re-Wilding Harvard
Bringing native plant species back to campus.
Learners, Grizzled and Downy
An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all
by Primus VI
Harvard Files Brief in Affirmative Action Appeal
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall.
Admissions Agenda
Thinking about how Harvard conducts admissions, as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in
The End of Shopping Week
After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to replace shopping week with previous-term registration.
Investing vs. Harvesting
Why (and how) to help undergraduates make the most of their extracurriculars
Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships
Four seniors win scholarships to Cambridge University.
“We Salute You, and We Thank You”
Harvard’s emotional celebration provides closure for the classes of 2020 and 2021—and honors those who served during the pandemic.
by John S. Rosenberg , Nancy Walecki , Lydialyle Gibson , Jacob Sweet
A Multiverse of Might-Have-Beens
A 2021 graduate returns to campus for a belated Commencement that feels more like a reunion.
Somethings Old, Somethings New
Familiar preliminaries, but with many post-pandemic wrinkles for Harvard’s 371st Commencement, in-person again