Before the syllabus, the studio
For more than three decades, the Harvard College First-Year Arts Program has served as incoming students’ first encounter with the breadth of artistic people, places, and pursuits awaiting them on campus.
Beyond the Classroom
How to get to orientation? Follow the roars
Crimson Kickoff, launched in 2024, is a newer tradition that heralds the start of orientation week. The pep-rally-style event peaked — at least decibel-wise — with a yard-by-yard screaming contest.
Where undergrads grow into scientists
Deep in the woods of Petersham, Mass., the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology is cultivating a renewable resource — future generations of scientists.
Harvard scientists detect atmosphere on distant ‘Earth-like’ planet
The first-of-its-kind discovery is expected to set off a search for signs of life.
At Harvard–Yenching Library, a return to the Tibetan Buddhist canon
After spending two years immersed in digitized versions of the Tibetan Buddhist canon for his Harvard Divinity School studies, Sherab Chomphel, M.T.S. ’25, was finally face to face with the centuries-old block prints themselves.
Harvard astronomer, ‘our heroine’ of the 20th century, memorialized in London
FAS Dean Hopi Hoekstra helped dedicate a plaque at the teenage home of Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin.
Biodiversity is improving across campus, with help from a history course
Joyce Chaplin’s “Rewilding Harvard” is reimagining the Harvard landscape.
High-tech for the 1700s
Exhibit showcases tools that powered Revolutionary America
Pictures of joy, friendship fill the Yard before Commencement
Graduates queueing up for the big ceremony paused to reflect and soak it all in
Deming summons ‘power of gratitude’ in valediction address
Commencement Day opened with a final assignment for Harvard College’s Class of 2026: impromptu thank-you notes
Class of 2026 student-athletes celebrated as ‘stars that shine brightly’
Annual Senior Letterwinners’ Dinner honored seniors for athletic achievements, championships, and grit