Students

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

Dick Friedman, longstanding contributing editor to Harvard Magazine,

Five Questions with Dick Friedman

Harvard Magazine’s longstanding football editor reflects on his career in journalism.

by Dick Friedman

Instead of commemorative T-shirts, an official 375th umbrella might have been a more appropriate souvenir for the evening.

Student voices from the 375th: an anniversary gala where nothing goes as planned

At a 375th birthday party that was months in the planning, nothing goes as planned.

by Katherine Xue

A colossal confection: the red velvet cake created by Joanne Chang ’91 of Flour bakery

Student voices from the 375th: mud makes the anniversary gala more fun

An undergraduate decides that the mud makes the 375th anniversary more fun.

by Isabel Ruane

Preparations were under way Wednesday for Friday's celebration in Harvard Yard. Here, the view from Widener toward Memorial Church: the stand for Joanne Chang’s Harvard birthday cake, the platform where Yo-Yo Ma will perform, and the dance stage and band tent immediately in front of the church.

Harvard 375th anniversary preparations

Preparations in full swing for Harvard's community celebration Friday night

A student using a "Tapminder" device in the men's bathroom

The Lab @ Harvard’s fall exhibition featured innovative ideas

The Lab @ Harvard’s fall exhibition featured innovative ideas from students across the globe.

President Faust looks on as freshmen sign up for TurboVote.

Kennedy School alumni launch TurboVote

Kennedy School alumni launch an online voting program targeting college students.

Harvard students and leaders commemorate September 11

The University community bears witness with music, words, and fellowship.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Students learn about computer skills in a classroom at Christ is the Answer Preparatory School in Adansi-Dompoase, outside Kumasi. According to school proprietor Anthony Kwasi Nyarku, private schools such as his are superior to Ghanaian public schools because the government-run schools are often under-supervised and a strong union protects the sometimes negligent teachers.

An undergraduate volunteer looks at Ghana's growing private-school system

An undergraduate captures Ghana's growing private-school system in photographs.

by Sara Joe Wolansky

The students and a group of farmers walk along a road to a cacao farm in Bonsaaso district, a part of the UN Millennium Villages Project.

An undergraduate documents the impact of rural banking in Ghana

An undergraduate documents the impact of microfinance and rural banking in Ghana.

by Nur Nasreen Ibrahim

President Faust’s online welcome to the community

An online welcome to the community

The Mediterranean at Nice.

An undergraduate finds that her attempts to blend in are lost in translation

An undergraduate journalism intern in France gets lost in translation, but found by new friends.

by Nathalie Miraval