Students

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

Readers Respond to Our ‘Grade Inflation’ Survey

A sampling of thoughts about the many A’s at Harvard

Profile of Harvard runner Daniel Chenoweth

Senior cross-country captain Daniel Chenoweth outruns the competition.

by Jonathan Shaw

An undergraduate woman comes to terms with feminism

The Undergraduate comes to terms, on her own terms, with feminism.

by Sarah Zhang

The interdisciplinary social studies concentration celebrates 50 years

A groundbreaking undergraduate concentration celebrates half a century.

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown chides Harvard on ROTC

Scott Brown declares that Harvard should allow the military program to operate on campus.

What was a white, Jewish Yankees fan doing singing with Kuumba at Fenway?

As the Kuumba Singers back up President Faust at Fenway Park, a student learns more about life than she ever imagined when she came to Harvard.

by Brett Rosenberg

The interdisciplinary social studies concentration celebrates 50 years

The interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration celebrates half a century of applying great thinkers' ideas to the problems of the world.

Opening days for Harvard College class of 2014

Freshmen are advised, “Embrace the awkward!"

Why one summer intern wasn't annoyed to be asked to fetch coffee

Notes on a summer of newsprint, headlines—and coffee

by James McAuley

Harvard scholars and students fight HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Harvard professors and students take aim at the social and behavioral factors that contribute to HIV.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Madeleine Schwartz, Sarah Zhang named Harvard Magazine Ledecky Fellows

Two sterling student writers join the magazine as Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows.