Harvard History & Traditions
We Were Students Once...
Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer
by Primus VI
Admissions, through the Ages
College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.
by John S. Rosenberg
New Fellows
The Ledecky Fellows provide an undergraduate perspective on life at Harvard.
Throw Your Fastball
A life lesson from Willie Banks
by Chad M. Oldfather
Summer in the City
Turkeys, tourists, traditions, tranquility
by Primus VI
It’s a Small World
Ebenezer Storer’s pocket globe
by Jacob Sweet
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
It’s Baby Turkey Season in Cambridge
A hen turkey and her seven poults have settled near the eastern end of Harvard Yard.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard’s history
The “Great Asymmetry”
Country dance, saving homework from a burning car, and Stephen Jay Gould on 9/11
by Primus VI
How to Become Harvard’s Commencement Speaker
It helps to be a high official of a powerful European nation—and to have resonant things to say about your American allies.
by John S. Rosenberg