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.

by Jonathan Shaw

S. Allen Counter Has Died

The director of the Harvard Foundation passed away after a brief illness.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard to Ban Final Clubs Outright?

Membership in any and all unrecognized student social organizations would be prohibited.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard President Faust stepping down 2018

An expected transition, as the University’s twenty-eighth president plans to conclude her service.

by John S. Rosenberg

Rethinking liberal arts Yale-NUS, Minerva

Yale-NUS, Nicholas Lemann, and Minerva remodel liberal arts for the twenty-first century.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard College quantitative requirement

The vexatious business of defining a gen-ed course in quantitative literacy

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard College final club sanctions

The College’s final-club sanctions: an update

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Law dean, House leaders, executives’ compensation

New Law School dean, new House leaders, Harvard’s top salaries, and more

Harvard undergraduate memes

The Undergraduate dives into meme culture.

by Matthew Browne

Harvard athletics wrap up

Track and field, golf, crew, tennis

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Commencement student speakers 2017

The student speakers at Harvard’s 366th Commencement

by John S. Rosenberg