Harvard College

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

Readers Respond to Our ‘Grade Inflation’ Survey

A sampling of thoughts about the many A’s at Harvard

Harvard athletics wrap up

Track and field, golf, crew, tennis

by Lydialyle Gibson

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 Commencement student speakers 2017

The student speakers at Harvard’s 366th Commencement

by John S. Rosenberg

Adams House to be renewed

Renewal will make Adams wheelchair-accessible and add new social and activity spaces. 

A celebration of computer science at Harvard in honor of Harry Lewis

Former students, friends, family, and colleagues gather to celebrate Harry Lewis on the occasion of his seventieth birthday.

by Jonathan Shaw

Joe Biden will be Class Day speaker

The former vice president will address graduating seniors on May 24. 

Harvard College social-club sanctions controversy

The College’s social-club sanctions remain highly controversial.

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

Harvard unveils ambitious plans for data science

Harvard outlines steps toward a data-science institute in Allston.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Undergraduate columnist on exclusive organizations

The Undergraduate wrestles with The Advocate’s exclusive comp process. 

by Lily Scherlis