Students
Narratives and news capturing the lives, struggles, and achievements of current students.
From Jellyfish to Digital Hearts
How Harvard researchers are helping to build a virtual model of the human heart
Sophomores, Sex, Soap
Lisa Nestles into the folds of Adam’s grey fleece jacket, her hand entwined in his. The two lovers share a park bench and an uncertain...
Teaching and Learning Abroad
Mollie wright ’09 expected to spend her summer in Costa Rica teaching English. She was, after all, a volunteer for WorldTeach, a...
Applying Yourself
On a hot September day in 2004, President Lawrence H. Summers was addressing the large group of newly arrived freshmen and their parents about...
by Liz Goodwin
Concentration Complications
Of all the difficult decisions one confronts as an undergraduate, the selection of concentration is perhaps the hardest. Fortunately, it is also...
by Samuel Bjork
Homes Away from Homes
Though I have two years left before I bid farewell to Harvard, I stayed through Commencement this past June to write for the Crimson and...
by Emma Lind
Practically Perfect in Every Way
In small white rooms lit by fluorescent lamps and littered with empty soda bottles or coffee cups, undergraduates often find themselves heading...
by Casey N. Cep
Jete Propelled
Heather Watts says that she prepared for teaching her Harvard course, “George Balanchine: Ballet Master,” the same way she used to...
Sexy Struts
Start with a stance that points the heel of one foot toward the middle of the other. Stand up tall, your back slightly arched. Stride forward...
Culture(less) Club
During the year and a half I have spent as a student at Harvard, I’ve been befuddled by tRNA in a Life Sciences 1a lecture, experienced...
by Emma Lind
The War at Home
Almost every week last year I received an e-mail with the subject line “Iraq Update.” With each message, the number following that...
by Casey N. Cep