Students
Narratives and news capturing the lives, struggles, and achievements of current students.
Mark Carney on the Limits of Soft Power
At the 2026 Davos summit, the Canadian prime minister echoes Harvard’s Joseph Nye.
Rebuilding Churches
In college, Tim McCarthy ’93 was deeply involved in public service—as a Big Brother and head of the Freshman Urban Program steering...
A Peal Before Leaving
Question: “What was I, a young American student of medicine and electrical engineering—and an observant Jew—doing in the...
Students of Virginity
Sunday's New York Times Magazine had a thought-provoking story on a Harvard student group founded on the principle of sexual abstinence...
Off Harvard Time
Many Harvard undergraduates give personal happiness and reflective decision-making short shrift in the race for academic accolades and...
by Samuel Bjork
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
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...
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