Harvard College

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

View from a bridge with autumn trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

Harvard Funds Student “Bridges” Projects

Eight new initiatives to build community on campus will get underway early next year. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Illustration of a woman holding a key, standing in front of a large bust statue surrounded by flowers on a college campus during autumn.

Feminist Spaces on the Harvard University Campus

On seeking feminist spaces on campus

by Yasmeen Khan

Jane Rosenzweig seated on a wooden bench in a grassy outdoor setting, smiling warmly.

Harvard Writing Center's Jane Rosenzweig on AI and Writing

Harvard Writing Center’s Jane Rosenzweig on AI and writing

by Lydialyle Gibson

Line graph showing net return on endowment investments from 2017 to 2024, peaking at 34% in 2021, dropping sharply in 2022, and rebounding in 2024.

Harvard Fiscal Year 2024 Finances

Annual Harvard financial results, and a look at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ fisc and professoriate

by Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg

Gary Ruvkun portrait

Brief News around Harvard January-February 2025

Nobel honorands, institutional voice, civil discourse, Rhodes Scholars, and more

The entrance to Loker Reading Room, where a sign reads “quiet study beyond this point”

Harvard Library Protests and Free Speech

Balancing academic requirements and free speech, in a semester calm enough to permit more focus on Harvard’s core strengths—and questions of governance

by Max J. Krupnick , John S. Rosenberg

University Hall

The State of Harvard’s Arts and Sciences

The dean’s annual report, and other business, after a year of upheaval

by John S. Rosenberg

Theatrical performance of H.M.S. Pinafore with actors in sailor costumes and a pink dress.

Harvard’s Gilbert and Sullivan Players, Then and Now

Students adapt the operettas to changing times.

by Nina Pasquini

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Campus Unrest and Antisemitism: Harvard's Actions During the 2023-2024 Academic Year

Exhortations to civil discourse, training in how to talk together—and plenty of new campus rules

by John S. Rosenberg

Hopi Hoekstra

Arts and Sciences: Aspirations and Anxieties

Harvard faculty’s first meeting focuses on speech, governance, AI, and other concerns.

by John S. Rosenberg

U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt speaks at the Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance summit.

Antisemitism on Campus—And Beyond

Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance’s summit

by Max J. Krupnick