Harvard College

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

people stand at a table that reads "Harvard College Dean of Students Office First-Year Orientation"

Harvard’s New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths

A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.

by Jonathan Shaw

view of Harvard University, Charles River, and surrounding Cambridge areas

Harvard Admits 8.7 Percent of Undergraduate Early Applicants

The College class of 2028 begins to form in a new admissions era.

by John S. Rosenberg

A conceptual illustration of a student seated in a classroom facing an imagined image of herself in a different environment with flowers and rocks

Is Pedagogy About Us?

Questioning the intellectual rigor of bringing identity into the classroom

by Isabella Cho

Harvard President Claudine Gay

Harvard President Claudine Gay Testifies Before Congress

On antisemitism, “I have sought to confront hate while preserving free expression.”

by Max J. Krupnick

Viewers of the footage queued outside Harvard Art Museums awaiting security screening.

Bearing Witness to Terrorism

Harvard Chabad, IDF, and Bill Ackman screen October 7 Hamas footage

by Max J. Krupnick

Building, in Israel, in ruins after attack by Hamas

Harvard Responds to Violence in Israel

As war in the Middle East rages, a war of words is fought at Harvard.

by Max J. Krupnick

Hopi Hoekstra

Arts and Sciences’ New Look

Harvard’s FAS debuts a new leader and look—and discusses grading.

by John S. Rosenberg

Moungi Bawendi

Alumnus Moungi Bawendi Shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Chemist revolutionized production process of quantum dots

by Max J. Krupnick

Students performing dance on stage

Performing for the President

A musical and poetic “prelude” to Claudine Gay’s installation festivities

by Lydialyle Gibson

Claudine Gay at the podium

A “Romper Room” Diploma

President Claudine Gay’s first semester-opening Morning Prayers

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Gate in background with "Welcome Harvard First Year" red banner and in the foreground the Class of 2027 Class Book and Convocation program

Convocation 2023: The New Crew

Welcoming the class of 2027—and several first-year Harvard leaders

by John S. Rosenberg