Harvard College

News, milestones, and profiles focused on the undergraduate experience.

Stand-Up to Simmer Down

In comedy groups, students find ways to be absurd, present, and a little less self-conscious.

by Nina Pasquini

Coming to Terms with Sexual Harassment

Winthrop House tensions and government department concerns

by John S. Rosenberg

News Briefs

ART to Allston and dual-degree decision

by John S. Rosenberg

Peak Experiences

Rock climbing in Greater Boston—and beyond

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Investigates Fencing Coach Over Transactions Involving Parent of a Prospect

Head fencing coach Peter Brand allegedly sold his Needham home to the father of a prospective fencer at an inflated price.

by Jonathan Shaw

Numbers Game

How Harvard will structure its General Education “quantitative reasoning” requirement

by John S. Rosenberg

“Shopping Week” Extended

Undergraduates’ flexibility in registering for courses is retained for at least a year or two.

by John S. Rosenberg

College Admits 4.5 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2023

And the term bill approaches $70,000

Lowell, Not Coming to Dinner

A meaningful change in the images on display in the renewed Lowell House

by John S. Rosenberg

Excavating 1968

The premiere of an alumnus’s film about a seminal year at Harvard and beyond 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Adams House Advances

A complex, four-year plan for renewing a complicated House

by John S. Rosenberg