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.
Harvard fencing squad update
How Harvard fencers won an Ivy championship
by Jacob Sweet
The College Pump
Houseboating in Boston Harbor, Apthorp North, and clothing counts
by Primus VI
Harvard’s Virtual Commencement
Harvard’s 369th Commencement goes virtual.
The End of Spontaneity
Lauren Fadiman ’21 on being away from college, where one is never alone
A Harvard Senior’s Call to the Home Front
“We are the generation that is coming of age in the COVID-19 crisis,” writes Lauren Spohn ’20. “What can we build? What can we sacrifice? What risks can we take?”
by Lauren Spohn
Harvard College class remote learning
On taking a Harvard Gen Ed class remotely with William C. Kirby
Harvard at Dusk
“I feel lucky that I took for granted my Harvard experience before its abrupt end.”
by Julie Chung
Teaching Academic Honesty in CS50
In a paper aimed at fellow educators, David Malan reports on interventions designed to teach academic honesty in the wildly popular introductory computer science course he teaches at Harvard.
One undergraduate on the Harvard move-out
“What will it mean to end our time on this campus with no closure, no time to reflect on what it all meant?”
As Coronavirus Spreads, Harvard Cancels Athletics
After Harvard informed college students that they must move out, Harvard Athletics began to make its own cancellations—a reasonable decision, but a brutal blow to athletes, coaches, and staff.
by Jacob Sweet