Featured series 
Tag: Student life
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Science & Tech
Asteroid mission will carry student X-ray experiment
At 7:05 p.m. (EDT) today, NASA plans to launch a spacecraft to a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu. Among that spacecraft’s five instruments is a student experiment that will use X-rays to help determine Bennu’s surface composition.
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Campus & Community
In lives of others, a compass for his own
After working as a research economist, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez applied to Harvard Law School, where he found his calling.
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Nation & World
From military policy to reality
Over summer, a Harvard ROTC cadet traded a Pentagon office for Slovak training exercises.
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Health
For freshmen, food for thought
Campus food experts say the first year in college is a time for change at the dining table as well as in the classroom.
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Campus & Community
Summer in the city, sort of
A College senior interns on an urban farm, and learns to grow friendships as well as crops.
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Campus & Community
Food for thought
Harvard’s varied dining halls attract undergraduates because of their intriguing spaces and moods, as well as their meals.
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Campus & Community
Harvard University: Year in Pictures 2015-2016
Take a look back at the 2015-2016 school year at Harvard, in pictures.
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Campus & Community
‘Making Harvard a campus for all’
Citing the harmful impact created by gender discrimination affecting students at Harvard College, administrators announced that beginning in the fall of 2017, new students who join unrecognized single-gender social organizations will not be permitted to hold leadership positions in recognized student organizations and athletic teams.
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Campus & Community
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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Campus & Community
The joy of learning
During this year’s Wintersession, College-led and student-initiated programming provided opportunities to explore creative passions, pursue career interests, learn about different academic fields, engage in recreational activities with friends, and connect with alumni.
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Campus & Community
First floor, going up
The Student Organization Center at Hilles should feel more like home when Harvard undergraduates return to campus in the fall — that is, if home has a performance-quality audio system, a high-definition flat-screen TV, top-of-the-line gaming, Starbucks-level coffee drinks, and space in which to party or to meet with several hundred friends.
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Campus & Community
Coming Home to Cabot House: Krystal Tung ’13
Find out why Cabot House resident Krystal Tung ’13 says that the place where she lives is also the place where she explores, creates, connects, and, above all, learns.
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Campus & Community
New chapter in student life
Harvard administrators, faculty, and students converged on Boylston Hall March 27 for the much-anticipated opening of the new Office of BGLTQ Student Life. The reception in the BGLTQ lounge and ceremony in the Fong Auditorium celebrated the beginning of a new chapter in the University’s ongoing effort to embrace diversity and inclusion.
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Campus & Community
‘E Pluribus Domus’
The Eliot House Grille — affectionately named the “Inferno” for, among other reasons, its basement location — has never been hotter. Thanks to recent enhancements, which include comfy leather couches and chairs, a boss sound system, and improved lighting, the beloved social space is welcoming more students and serving up more fun and snacks.
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Campus & Community
Standing as a community
More than 50 students, faculty members, and administrators gathered Wednesday night to commemorate National Coming Out Day and to memorialize the BGLTQ students nationwide who committed suicide in recent years following harassment.
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Campus & Community
Eliot House
Milling about the “Great Court” at Eliot House, students greeted old friends from last semester and new sophomores with enthusiasm. Games such as Frisbee broke out, and a few brave souls, including sophomore Kris Liu and junior Leah Reis-Dennis, sang or performed for their housemates.
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Campus & Community
Pondering a precious life
For the past decade, the Harvard Business School Portrait Project has asked graduating M.B.A.s the question once posed by poet Mary Oliver: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” The answers are often surprising.
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Campus & Community
A director of BGLTQ student life
Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds will appoint a new director to coordinate resources and develop programming to support bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer undergraduates.
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Campus & Community
Space for student life
When undergraduates want to get together for an activity — from a small study session to a large conference for international students — they can usually find a place at the Student Organization Center at Hilles. The facility offers student organizations more than 50,000 square feet of the most versatile and functional space on campus,…
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Campus & Community
Entertainment deals for students
Outings & Innings, part of Harvard Human Resources, has provided faculty and staff with deals on events, activities, local goods, and more for over 30 years. Beginning Feb. 10, students can share in the savings as well, thanks to a new pilot program.
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Campus & Community
More diner than dining hall
The Quincy House Grille — part of 57,000 square feet of social space renovated or constructed by the College over the past five years — is a popular spot for Quincy residents and their undergraduate classmates from the surrounding river Houses.
