Harvard College

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

Caricature of a young man in front of red doors, wearing a green striped sweater.

The Year a Beat Poet Squatted at Harvard

In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.

by Constantine Archimedes Valhouli

The College redistributes aid among lower- and higher-income undergraduates

The College redistributes aid among lower- and higher-income undergraduates, and introduces a new family financial-planning tool.

Harvard at 400

Visions of the University in 2036

by Craig Lambert

A rendering of the new multipurpose social and academic space to be created in the lower level of Old Quincy, looking toward the exterior terrace; the space is shown to the right in the architect's floorplan for the renovation of that lower level (click second thumbnail below).

Harvard undergraduate residences reimagined, with new academic and social spaces

Undergraduate residences re-imagined, with new academic and social common spaces

Nearly 77 percent of students accepted to the class of 2015 enroll

Nearly 77 percent of students enroll, disappointing those on the wait list.

Harvard College to name a director of BGLTQ student life

Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds launches a national search for a director.

Harvard College reinstates nonbinding early-action for applicants

Harvard College reinstates nonbinding early-action for applicants.

Done deal. U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and President Drew Faust sign the ROTC agreement as (left to right) Vice President and General Counsel Robert Iuliano, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Juan M. Garcia III, Dean of Harvard College Evelynn Hammonds, and Vice Admiral Mark E. Ferguson III look on.

ROTC returns to Harvard

As military service is opened to gays, the University agrees to end a ban dating to the Vietnam War era.

Harvard Houses renovation update: swing space announced for Old Quincy residents

As the College prepares to renovate Old Quincy, it identifies temporary quarters for the displaced students.

Amy Poehler

Comic actress Amy Poehler to speak at Harvard College Class Day 2011

The comic actress's credits include Parks and Recreation and Saturday Night Live.

Harvard College admissions rate falls to just over 6 percent for class of 2015

The College offers admission to 2,158 out of nearly 35,000 applicants.