Students

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

Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

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

by Olivia Farrar

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

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

by Lauren Fadiman

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