Students

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

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Radcliffe Institute Dean Departs for Stanford

Tomiko Brown-Nagin has been named dean of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Old Quincy (originally Mather Hall) was erected as an addition to Leverett House. The U-shaped, Georgian Revival structure, built in 1930, was transferred to Quincy House when its larger, modern companion building was constructed in 1958.

"Old Quincy" rehab a trial run for Harvard Houses' renovation

A plan is in hand to rehab "Old Quincy" as a trial run.

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences refocuses on its educational mission

Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith and his colleagues refocus on their educational mission.

David Malan, Diane Paulus, and Christopher Winship participate in a panel discussion on engaging teaching and active learning.

Arts and sciences faculty discuss effective approaches to teaching and learning

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences convenes professors to talk about activity-based learning

New summer research programs unveiled for undergraduates

Opportunities to explore social sciences across the disciplines, and business-oriented subjects

Undergraduate House renovation progresses at Harvard

“Old Quincy” renovation will test designs and construction for comprehensive modernization of undergraduate residences.

Katherine Caputo ’12 displays the glow-in-the-dark gummy bears she created for her final project in Science of the Physical Universe 27: "Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science”

A course with celebrity chefs and edible labs kindles interest in science

The ingredients for a wildly popular new General Education course: celebrity chefs, edible labs, and a contest for a trip to Spain

by Sarah Zhang

Harvard Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association hosts alumni conference

Harvard's Cuban-American Undergraduate Student Association hosts its first alumni conference.

Quarterback Collier Winters completed 13 of 16 passes against Yale. His longest throw, a 46-yard pass to receiver Marco Iannuzzi, set up Harvard’s first score of the day. Back in action after breaking a collarbone in the season’s third game, Iannuzzi returned the second-half kickoff for a game-changing touchdown.

The Harvard-Yale football game, 2010

A spectacular kickoff return inspirits another triumph over Yale.

by Bethell, John T

A Harvard Law School and Harvard College Mother-Daughter Duo

The Undergraduate and her law-student mom ponder career choices.

by Madeleine Schwartz

Bernardo Flores, Rafael Tapajós, and Hannah Horowitz ’11 learn how to analyze data gathered from a weather balloon under the supervision of Professor Steven Wofsy

Harvard scholars study the Amazon rainforest under global climate change

Students grapple with the fate of the rainforest in a changing climate.

by Jonathan Shaw