Students
Narratives and news capturing the lives, struggles, and achievements of current students.
Radcliffe Institute Dean Departs for Stanford
Tomiko Brown-Nagin has been named dean of Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.
Flocking to Finance
Recent graduates may take for granted the migration of one-fifth of their classmates into finance-sector jobs, but things haven’t always...
On the Career Carousel
College students prepare for life after graduation...
by Paul Gleason
Getting My Feet Wet
I remember many things from my cousin’s wedding—my poofy bridesmaid’s dress, the humidity, how pretty the small church looked...
by Liz Goodwin
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
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