Featured series 
Tag: Housing Day
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Nation & World
‘One of the best traditions of all time’
First-years are welcomed to their new homes with traditional displays of House pride.
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Nation & World
Random roommates turned best friends
Harvard students who’ve entered housing lottery solo have a reassuring message for first-years: You just might find your best friend.
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Nation & World
Housing Day is back in the house
After a two-year COVID hiatus, upperclass students return to the Yard to welcome first-years to their future homes.
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Nation & World
Harbingers of Housing Day
The background and history of the Harvard House mascots and the students beneath the masks.
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Nation & World
Rocking the House(s)
Harvard Housing Day, when first-year students learn what House they’ll be living in beginning sophomore year, is a big celebration
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Nation & World
It’s Housing Day, with snowballs
As nor’easter slackens, Harvard freshmen throng the Yard after learning where they’ll live next, all part of the annual Housing Day.
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Nation & World
Get sorted
It’s Housing Day 2017 at Harvard, first with dorm assignments, and then with revelry.
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Nation & World
Hearty welcomes with a touch of rivalry
Every House is best: The Class of 2019 learns their housing fate.
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Nation & World
Day of destiny
Despite the lingering snow in the Yard, Housing Day was in full effect on Thursday as freshmen learned where among the 12 undergraduate House communities they will live, study, and form friendships over the next three years.
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Nation & World
Get up, it’s Housing Day
Freshmen, who spend their first year living in and around the Yard, are sorted into one of Harvard’s 12 upperclass Houses on Housing Day.
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Nation & World
Houses become homes
With another Housing Day, Harvard’s freshmen learn where they’ll be living next year, as the Houses colorfully compete to show the most spirit.
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Nation & World
Welcoming service
Rising sophomores are connecting with each other, their new House, and the community this spring through Harvard College Serves (HCS). Launched this year by the College Events Board, HCS joins incoming freshmen with House public service student representatives and public service tutors for volunteer projects at area nonprofits.
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Nation & World
A look inside: Quincy House
Harvard’s Housing Day came full force to Quincy House, as students colorfully welcomed new residents.
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Nation & World
Order out of chaos
Freshmen, who spend their first year on campus in dormitories in Harvard Yard, were each sorted into one of Harvard’s 12 upperclass Houses today.
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Nation & World
A sort of homecoming
On Harvard’s annual Housing Day, freshmen receive their housing assignments for the next three years.
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