Harvard College

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

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

Convocation 2024: The New Crew Redux

Welcoming the class of 2028 to a challenged Harvard

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Reiterates Campus Rules

As fall semester begins, the University executive vice president underscores the limits to protest.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Rakesh Khurana to step down at end of academic year

The College dean will retire next June.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Alan Garber’s Harvard Welcome Back Letter

Harvard president welcomes students, foresees conflict in the year ahead.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Meet Harvard Magazine’s Ledecky Fellows

The 2024-2025 Undergraduate columnists

How Harvard Has Evolved

Alumni perspectives on Harvard in crisis, and signs of a changed community

by Primus VI

Harvard Miller-Hunn Awards

Miller-Hunn awardees

Task Forces Address Antisemitism and Anti-Arab Challenges at Harvard

Early findings and recommendations from the task forces on antisemitism and anti-Muslim, -Arab, and -Palestinian bias

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Disciplinary Dysfunction

Learning from the spring protest and punishments

Harvard New Rules for Campus Use

At Harvard, no chalking, camping, or excessive noise-making without permission

by Max J. Krupnick