Students


AWOL from Academics

Behind students' increasing pull toward extracurriculars

by Aden Barton

Campus, Interrupted

The Undergraduate returns to student life, altered by the pandemic and a year spent apart. 

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead , Swathi Kella

Aloian Memorial Scholars

Enriching life at the Houses 

Home Among Strangers

A recent graduate visits Harvard during a semi-normal semester

by Meena Venkataramanan

A Gene Therapy Breakthrough

A uniquely interdisciplinary lab has developed a new technique to deliver targeted gene therapies.

by Jonathan Shaw

Convocation Welcomes Classes of 2024 and 2025 to Campus

President Bacow and Harvard College Dean Khurana welcome the Class of 2025 and, for the first time in-person, the Class of 2024.

by Lydialyle Gibson , Nancy Walecki

Documenting New England’s Unseen

Seeking mentorship as a student of color, and finding a calling in the arts

by Che Applewhaite

Hail Fellows!

The 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Harvard Square, Redux

What’s new—and unchanged—in the historic heart of Cambridge

by Nell Porter Brown

Graduates Head to the Other Cambridge

Four win scholarships for study in England.

Pondering the Extracurricular “Founders” Puzzle

Why do so many Harvard students start clubs, instead of joining them?

by Meena Venkataramanan