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Articles by Department: The Undergraduate

My Families

The Undergraduate, from Ireland, finds friendship in a local host family.
4.15.13

Lines of Support

The Undergraduate reflects on mentoring and community.
2.14.13

A Perforating Doubt

The Undergraduate discovers that doubt is the place from which to start.
12.14.12

Unsettled Arrivals

The Undergraduate ponders her hometown, Harvard, and a village in Tanzania.
10.15.12

Summer Reflections

The Undergraduate proctors high-schoolers and looks back on her own high-school days—and her discovery of American liberal-arts education.
8.17.12

New Life Lessons

Discovering diverse concerns outside the bubble of campus life
2.17.12

Out of Cambridge

The Undergraduate writes about “Reinventing Boston,” a course that sends students out to learn about urban progress and problems through immersion in city life.
12.17.11

Far Away

An undergraduate travels to Namibia in the hope that, by flinging herself to a faraway place, she will figure things out.
10.19.11

Aulus and Me

Reading at the College, and in ancient Rome
8.19.11