Harvard History & Traditions


We Were Students Once...

Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer

by Primus VI

Scoring Spree

The Crimson football team won the Ivy trophy, and records fell.

by Cleat

L. Fred Jewett, “Durable Dean” of Harvard College, Has Died

As dean of admissions and dean of the College, he fostered diversity in many ways.

“May Their Memory Be Preserved”

The Veterans Day service at Memorial Church honored Harvard’s “long crimson line.”

Dudley House Celebrates 20 Years in Style

Candy, photos, and fun were themes at the twentieth anniversary party for Harvard's graduate student center.

375 Candles: A Video

Sights and sounds of Harvard's 375th anniversary celebration

HAA Award Winners 2011

The Harvard Alumni Association Awards recognize outstanding service to the University through alumni activities.

Hiram Hunn Award Winners

Seven alumni received Hunn Memorial Schools and Scholarships Awards in 2011.

Aloian Award 2011 winners Marcel Moran and Annie Douglas

Anne Douglas ’12, of Adams House, and Marcel Moran ’11, of Eliot House, are the 2011 David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholars.

“More As People Than Dating Objects”

The class of 1971 reflects on the coeducational living experiment.

by Nell Porter-Brown