Tag: Student life
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What a difference a year makes
Students who described themselves in three words last fall get a chance to change their answers.
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Reopened Randolph Hall has strong sense of community
The reopening of Randolph Hall offers gathering spaces in courtyard, lounges, and study rooms, bringing a renewed sense of community.
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Off and running in first week of class
Snapshots from the first week of class capture enthusiasm for the year ahead.
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‘These are all just young people like us, figuring themselves out’
High-schoolers get taste of everyday campus life through archival materials, some featuring Harvard’s most famous alumni.
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Defining moment
We asked a group of first-years to tell us about themselves. Read their answers now, before they change.
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The best thing I’ve done since return to campus
Harvard students talk about their best experiences since resuming in-person College life.
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It’s as if Harvard had a Poconos campus
Scatter across the U.S., Harvard students still found a way to come together with their blocking groups or with friends with common interests for part or all of the semester.
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An enduring bond
Four sets of roommates from the Class of 2020 gave the Gazette a glimpse of life inside the dorms back in 2017. Where are they now?
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Take five, like, and share
Instagram series seeks to show Harvard students’ lighter sides, from their favorite music and TV to their quirks and pet peeves.
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Senior looks back as he moves forward
As his final year at Harvard begins its cycle, Matthew DeShaw ’18 finds more questions to be answered, more lessons to be learned.
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Welcome renewal at Winthrop
After more than a year of renovations at Winthrop House, returning students have discovered a residence that combines neo-Georgian character with 21st-century amenities.
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Learning to let it fly
In her last piece before graduating, student correspondent Amanda Beattie ’17 reflects on the lessons she and her friends have learned in their four years as Harvard undergraduates.
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A transformative trip
A required course for classics concentrators at Harvard, “Regional Study of Sicily” student writer Matthew DeShaw says it is “unlike any other class I have taken.”
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Rings for the Class of ’18
The Class of ’18 received their Harvard rings on Junior Parents Weekend.
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Finding comfort at home and here
A Harvard undergraduate who now calls two coasts home learns to bridge the 3,000-mile gap.
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My 21 years in Cambridge
A Harvard undergrad reflects on leaving home, but staying put.
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A student’s Harvard Square hideaways
For an undergraduate, Harvard Square is busy and crowded, but it’s home, particularly when you know what parts of it make you happy.
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Putting their faith into action
Two comparative study of religion concentrators tell what drew them to their field, and how they plan to use their lessons to make a difference.
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Three chords and some Kierkegaard
A profile of College student and pop-rocker Brynn Elliott, whose scholarship in philosophy informs her songwriting.
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Helping the homeless, in high school and college
The spirit of a Cambridge Rindge and Latin program carries on when its students head for Harvard.
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Support for the undocumented
With changes in U.S. immigration policy possible, Harvard outlines its support network for undocumented students who might be affected.
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Worn railings, wistful thoughts
Intimacy and memory intertwine for undergraduates living in the Dudley Co-op.
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Yalies by the dozen
With The Game at Harvard this year, two campuses merged into one as Yalies poured into Cambridge by the busload to stay in the Houses and get ready for some football. An undergraduate describes the scene.
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Dancing because they can
College seniors opt to have fun, be themselves, and leave comfort zones through their participation in the Expressions Dance Company.
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Some advice for freshmen
A Harvard College sophomore tells freshmen what he knows, and ponders what he’s learned in the last year.
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A student-driven performance space
Two undergraduates turned their idea for a new musical and performance space into reality at the Penthouse Café in the Radcliffe Quadrangle.
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Harvard College junior follows humanities
Secure in his humanities concentration, junior Matthew DeShaw gains balance and confidence from internships that mixed business with pleasure.
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In Germany, learning while seeing
The Harvard Summer Program in Freiburg, Germany, seeks to broaden the outlook of 20 Harvard students, each of whom is paired with a German student from the University of Freiburg, though a combination of classroom teaching, excursions to important sites in the region, and exposure to the town and its people.
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A hot idea for conserving energy
Aldís Elfarsdóttir ’18 didn’t like the energy-wasting implications of cracking the window to lower the temperature in her Eliot House room. So she and two recent grads have launched a temperature data-gathering project to help the House conserve wasted energy.
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The play’s the thing
Students will premiere “Calamus” at the Leverett Library Theater on Friday, with shows continuing through the weekend.