Harvard College

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

View from a bridge with autumn trees and a cloudy sky in the background.

Harvard Funds Student “Bridges” Projects

Eight new initiatives to build community on campus will get underway early next year. 

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

Embracing AI

The dawn of the virtual teaching fellow

by Jonathan Shaw

Students protest the Supreme Court decision.

After Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court upends admissions.

by Jonathan Shaw , Lincoln Caplan

Irene Soto Marín with Harvard's Ancient Mediterranean Classical Sculptures

Irene Soto Marín

Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.

by Max J. Krupnick

A large group of donkeys entering Harvard Yard with a few elephants interspersed.

The Elephant in the Room

Conservative undergraduates’ campus debates

by Max J. Krupnick

Photograph of student rally against the Supreme Court decision with the John Harvard statue in the background

Harvard Students Protest Supreme Court Ruling

With a march and speeches, students vowed to fight back.

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Supreme court justices

Supreme Court Bans Race-Conscious Admissions

The ruling encompasses both public and private institutions of higher education.

by Jonathan Shaw

Not Sporting?

Crimson athletics meets the transfer portal, compensation for student names and images, different demographics, and other looming threats

Easing the College Transition

Rising Scholars brings incoming first-years from under-funded high schools to campus early.

by Max J. Krupnick