Students

Narratives and news capturing the lives, struggles, and achievements of current students.

Freddy Guevara, a Venezuelan opposition leader and a visiting fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation

Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

A Harvard Kennedy School panel unpacks the nation’s oil sector, economy, and democratic hopes.

by Olivia Farrar

Head shots of smiling Aloian Scholars

Aloian Memorial Scholars

Enriching life at the Houses 

Students gather on the grass in Harvard yard

Home Among Strangers

A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester

by Meena Venkataramanan

A Gene Therapy Breakthrough

A uniquely interdisciplinary lab has developed a new technique to deliver targeted gene therapies.

by Jonathan Shaw

Danoff Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana and Harvard Alumni Association president Vanessa Liu ’96, J.D ’03 unfurl the class of 2025 banner

Convocation Welcomes Classes of 2024 and 2025 to Campus

President Bacow and Harvard College Dean Khurana welcome the Class of 2025 and, for the first time in-person, the Class of 2024.

by Lydialyle Gibson , Nancy Walecki

“/Gaishay focusing the camera,” a photograph taken during a 1957-58 ethnographic expedition in Namibia, shows three indigenous boys, one standing behind a camera on a tripod

Documenting New England’s Unseen

Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts

by Che Applewhaite

Harvard Magazine’s 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Busy urban street scene with pedestrians, shops, and a stroller under a sunny sky.

Harvard Square’s Best

What’s new—and unchanged—in the historic heart of Cambridge

by Nell Porter Brown

A stylized illustration of a tree with many small flowers blooming on one side and on the other one small branch on which a small human figure is nurturing one large blossom

Pondering the Extracurricular “Founders” Puzzle

Why do so many Harvard students start clubs, instead of joining them?

by Meena Venkataramanan

Illustration of seated people talking in a restorative justice circle

Restoring justice

Exploring an alternative to crime and punishment

by Lydialyle Gibson

Graduates Head to the Other Cambridge

Four win scholarships for study in England.