Students

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

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faces a $350 Million Deficit

At a faculty meeting, Dean Hopi Hoekstra advocates for long-term, structural solutions.

by Joanna M Weiss

Protesting, at Home and on the Streets

As demonstrations grow in the wake of George Floyd’s death, students mobilize against racism and police brutality

by Matteo Wong

The Man in the Top Hat

A return to campus, to take in virtual graduation with friends

by Caroline Engelmayer

At Home with Harvard: The Undergraduate

Our favorite student essays on the undergraduate experience

At Home with Harvard: The Real History of Women at Harvard

A selection of stories covering the admission of women, the Harvard-Radcliffe merger, the rise of women in the faculty ranks, Harvard’s first woman president, and more

Starlink

Seniors hunker down in communal quarantine.

by Eve Driver

Alone on Harvard’s Campus

Most days, I see no one at all.

by Jeremy Tsai

At Home with Harvard: The Climate Crisis

Highlights from our wide-ranging coverage of the environment

Letting Go of the “Ideal” Classroom

“The ‘ideal’ classroom never existed anyway, at least not in a perfectly equitable manner,” writes Julie Chung ’20. 

by Julie Chung

Zoom and the zero commute

“The biggest obstacle to our collective learning is the elephant in the room: a global pandemic, taking place amid existing inequalities,” writes Drew Pendergrass ’20. 

by Drew Pendergrass

The Undergraduate on power and the denial of scholarship

A student scientist contemplates power and the denial of scholarship.

by Drew Pendergrass