Harvard College

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

College Leaders Outline Overhaul Plan

A new proposed structure, layoffs, and a five-day-a-week in-person work mandate will take effect by fall.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Harvard Love Story in Poetry

Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer

by Primus VI

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Discipline and Financial Aid

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences discusses classroom conversations, boosts aid, addresses discipline—and faces austerity

by John S. Rosenberg

Improving Harvard College and Graduate School Discipline

After the 2024 encampment, a Faculty of Arts and Sciences committee recommends changes.

by John S. Rosenberg

Increasing Access

President Alan M. Garber on enhancing financial aid and extending education beyond Harvard’s campus

by Alan M. Garber

Harvard Augments Financial Aid—and Girds for Austerity

Dean Hopi Hoekstra details Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ priorities.

by John S. Rosenberg

It’s Academic (and Other Harvard Concerns)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences focuses on class attendance, grades—and wider worries about “uncomfortable” threats to academia.

by John S. Rosenberg

“AI Anxiety”

The Undergraduate on the uneasy collision of technology and writing

by Serena Jampel

Harvard Alumni Association President Bob Bowie Jr.

An admissions odyssey, the search for “Casey,” and a Harvard legislative legacy

by Primus VI

Music and Medicine

Toussaint Miller explores the healing power of art.


by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Deans of Arts and Engineering on Plans and Priorities

The deans of arts and humanities and the school of engineering and applied sciences share their plans and priorities.

by Jonathan Shaw