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.
Building Native Nations
A Harvard Kennedy School course tackles governance in sovereign Indian territories.
Amending Undergraduate Academics
Reconsidering Harvard’s shopping week, double concentrations, and more
Earl Brown
Brief life of Harvard’s latest major league baseball player: 1903-1980
News Briefs
A natural- and artificial-intelligence initiative, Allston agita, shopping week, reckonings on visual culture and “denaming”
The Omicron Semester
Harvard prepares for a pandemic-influenced spring term.
Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner Named Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year
The parade, roasts, and performances return to Harvard Square.
College Admits 7.9 Percent of Early Applicants
Harvard goes test-optional through the class of 2030.
by Jacob Sweet
The Faculty Faces Its Future
Better results than expected during the pandemic, and a sweeping effort to plan for academic improvements
Curating a More Diverse Campus Environment
A report and recommendations, from the FAS task force on signage and visual culture issues
After the Pandemic’s Peak
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ annual report portrays a good foundation for its academic future.