Students

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

A collage showing Harvard president Alan M. Garber greeting new students on campus, shaking hands, gathered students and families in the Yard, and orientation setup

Harvard President Alan Garber Helps First-Years Move In

As a potential settlement with the Trump administration looms, Garber gets students settled.

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard students in caps and gowns

Commencement and Alumni Events 2023

Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations

The Near Eastern languages and civilizations building on Divinity Avenue

Albanian Joins the Language Curriculum

Harvard is the only Ivy League institution to offer the rare European language.

by Suzana Vuljevic

Chris Ledlum dunks the ball in the basket as opposing players trail behind him

A Wide Receiver on the Basketball Court

Chris Ledlum ’23 makes his mark on the hardcourt.

by David L. Tannenwald

Letters 7 Ware Who Teaches

Undergraduates, their classes, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Harvard University’s 372nd Commencement Exercises

Commencement and Alumni Day logistics

Dumb Menakaya standing on campus with her camera

Dumebi Menakaya Shoots Secrecy

The photographer takes self-portraits—without photographing herself.

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead

Conceptual illustration of a budding plant with long roots reaching into words of failure

When “Failure” Means Success

Learning how to make the most of setbacks at Harvard

by Josie Abugov

Photograph of Noam Chomsky videoconference at a Harvard Law School event discussing corporate capture of the legal profession

Is the Law a Creature of Corporations?

Harvard Law students, and others, critique legal practice.

by Juliet Isselbacher

Finn Bamber and Clay Oxford sit beside a sound board with a theater set behind them

The Art of Lighting and Sound Design

Theater technicians Finn Bamber and Clay Oxford bring Harvard theater to life.

by Nancy Walecki

Home, Harvard, and (Im)permanence

The complicated return to campus post-pandemic

by Sofia Andrade