Harvard College
News, milestones, and profiles focused on the undergraduate experience.
The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard
In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.
Committee Recommends a More Transparent Tenure Process
Group finds that tenure is not broken but can use improvements.
by Jacob Sweet
People-Powered Journalism
At Democracy Now! Amy Goodman goes “where the silence is.”
Aloian Memorial Scholars
Enriching life at the Houses
Reopening. . .Carefully
Resuming Harvard in residence, with continuing coronavirus cautions
"To Repair This Imperfect World"
Harvard teaching and learning conference on educating for a global, changed society
Home Among Strangers
A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester
President Bacow Reviews Harvard Climate Actions
A summary of current work—and an important new appointment
A Harvard “As Humane as It Is Humbling”: Morning Prayers
In Memorial Church, and at other opening-days exercises, President Bacow encourages the community to “excel in small moments.”
Convocation Welcomes Classes of 2024 and 2025 to Campus
President Bacow and Harvard College Dean Khurana welcome the Class of 2025 and, for the first time in-person, the Class of 2024.
A Nearly Normal First-Year Move-In
Arriving students animate Harvard Yard