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
Academic Allston, At Last
Amid an Allston building boom, the first new academic ties between Harvard Business School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
by John S. Rosenberg
The Art and Science of Class Scheduling
How to improve class scheduling—now, and when College classes cross the Charles River for the new engineering complex in Allston.
by John S. Rosenberg
University People
Currier House chiefs, Harvard College Professors, top teachers, and more
News Briefs
Final-club sanctions, a new Corporation member, medical conflicts of interest, MIT capital campaign, and improving student writing
by John S. Rosenberg , Marina N. Bolotnikova , Aidan Langston
The Intellectual Clash Over Final Clubs
Faculty members debate final clubs and freedom of association.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Steven Spielberg: “I Was in a Celluloid Bubble”
The filmmaker—of Indiana Jones, Schindler's List, and most recently The BFG—delivers Harvard’s 2016 Commencement address.
by Sophia Nguyen
Rashida Jones ’97: “Don’t Just Follow the Rules”
At Harvard College Class Day, the actress urges students to create their own lives, and always choose love.
by Laura Levis
Joining the “Long Crimson Line”
Harvard ROTC’s 2016 joint commissioning ceremony ushers a dozen new officers into the armed services.
by Jean Martin
Harvard Baccalaureate 2016: Tell “Your Own Story”
Faust tells seniors in “the class of Snapchat” to keep re-telling their stories.
by Jonathan Shaw
Final Club Fallout
Harvardians react to social-club sanctions.
by Aidan Langston