Commencement and Reunion Guide
“I Am Not the Best Anymore”
Seniors reveal some unexpected lessons learned at Harvard.
by Nell Porter Brown
Site Seeing
What’s up, what’s down, and what’s under construction....
Red Books, Raw Gems
Please tell your classmates, in a paragraph or two, what you would like them to know about your activities, interests, family life, career...
Seniors of Note
“The members of this year’s graduating class all possess talents and experiences that will carry them far in the world beyond the...
Favorites
For this annual round-up of Cambridge eateries, the editors asked a range of Harvard faculty and staff members to recommend a favorite...
Events of the Week
The many rituals of graduation peak on Commencement day, which this year includes addresses by President Derek Bok and Microsoft cofounder and...
Ripening Nicely
Soon Harvard’s sidewalk superintendents will turn their attention to Allston because that’s where the hardhats will go. For the next...
by Christopher Reed
From Science to Song
Like a 370-year-old adolescent, Harvard is in the middle of a growth spurt. In fact, if the building boom under way in Cambridge and the...
Stellar Seniors
Each year, Harvard College grants degrees to some 1,600 students, each of whom possesses gifts and abilities that count in the wider world. The...
Oh, Happy Day
On Commencement day they usher elderly alumni into the Tree Spread, point out empty seats to parents with their wooden batons, and beam...
by Nell Porter Brown
"Lots of Reasonable 99c Lunches"
Found in this magazine’s basement: a sheaf of pages listing Cambridge and Boston restaurants from a guide for students that evidently...
by Christopher Reed