Students

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

1.23.2026

At the 2026 Davos summit, the Canadian prime minister echoes Harvard’s Joseph Nye.

1.1.2006

Knock on the door. Wait. Insert key, turn. Open slightly. “Dorm Crew." No one is home. This is a relief, as always. I locate the...

11.1.2005

I wore the wrong shoes to my first day of work this summer. I don’t know what inspired me to choose the pointy black pair with elastic...

9.1.2005

On a rainy summer’s night in New York City, a month after graduation, a group of my college friends meet for dinner...

7.1.2005

More students are venturing abroad, for term or summer study or other experiences, with the College’s encouragement. The first of two...

5.1.2005

The senior-year job hunt began as many do: with the purchasing of a suit at the end of the summer. Mine was a black, pinstripe ensemble that my...

3.1.2005

It's hard to escape San Francisco, where I grew up, without a car. A couple of commuter trains snake into the suburbs, but once you break past...

11.1.2004

Photomontages by Flint Born Some people live at the technological vanguard. They operate their tie racks by remote control and read the...

9.1.2004

I make decisions on a whim, decisions prompted by sudden changes in interest—and subject to immediate retraction once I've recovered sense...

9.1.2004

Though the Harvard football team runs one of the most sophisticated offensive sets in the country, the team also likes to play what they call...

7.1.2004

They're dancing on the Steinway piano. And on the parquet, the Persian rugs, and the oak tables. The room is reverberating to a song called...