Students

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

Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart

“Sustainable eating,” and healthy recipes you can prepare for the holidays.

by Olivia Farrar

Rows of chairs set up in Tercentenary Theatre with tented stage in the distance

Harvard Class Day Speakers Announced

Admissions dean William Fitzsimmons ’67 and Currier House security guard Bill Oliverio to address Harvard class of 2024 

by Nina Pasquini

Student orators Blake Lopez, Shruthi Kumar, and Robert Clinton

Commencement Student Speakers 2024

Harvard’s student Commencement speakers 2024

by Max J. Krupnick

members of the Harvard cricket team pictured before a game on a field

Crimson Cricket?

Taking a Harvard swing at a blossoming sport

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard Lampoon Donates Historic Materials to University Archives

University Archives to preserve Harvard Lampoon materials

by Nina Pasquini

Princess Marie and Jensen pose beside Jensen's finished portrait of the princess

Harvard Portraitist Nina Skov Jensen Paints Celebrities and Princesses

Nina Skov Jensen ’25, portraitist for collectors and the princess of Denmark. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

A colorful, cubist-like illustration of a Harvard classroom with a robotic humanoid head looming above.

How is Artificial Intelligence Being Taught at Harvard?

A new Harvard course on artificial intelligence teaches students how to use the tool responsibly.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard police officer Steven Fumicello poses with black Labrador retriever Sasha.

Sasha the Harvard Police Dog

Sasha, the police dog of Harvard University

by Nina Pasquini

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AWOL from Academics

Behind students' increasing pull toward extracurriculars

by Aden Barton

Naomi Bashkansky sits on a table with a chess board behind her.

Strategic Planning

A chess player’s moves on AI safety

by Nina Pasquini

illustration of robotic hands manipulating a wooden maze to guide a worm in the maze to a target

Computational Control of a Living Brain?

How an AI agent learned to guide an animal to food—and what it might mean for Parkinson’s patients.

by Jonathan Shaw