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A historic year for Harvard admissions
For the first time in Harvard’s history, more than 30,000 students applied to the College, leading to an admission rate of 6.9 percent for the Class of 2014. Letters of admission (and e-mail...
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Yielding strong results
The 2,110 students admitted to Harvard’s Class of 2014 have responded to their offers of admission so favorably that the final yield will likely exceed last year’s mark of 76 percent. They were...
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Alumni support financial aid
For the first time in Harvard’s history, more than 30,000 students applied to the College; 2,110 were accepted into the Class of 2014. More than 60 percent of the admitted students, benefiting from a...
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A family welcome
College Dean Evelynn Hammonds officially welcomed freshmen and their families to Harvard Thursday (Aug. 26) during a ceremony at Sanders Theatre, and vowed to “to help prepare students for the...
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Making the big move
Harvard University began welcoming new students and their families Thursday (Aug. 26), with the first move-in day signifying the beginning of the fall semester and a new academic year. The newcomers...
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The speedup of climate change
What is the evidence for global climate change? How can it be combated? Can our political system respond effectively to the threat of catastrophic changes in the environment? Daniel Schrag, Sturgis...
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Welcome, Class of ’14
Harvard’s leaders welcomed the Class of 2014 Tuesday (Aug. 31), in a convocation ceremony filled with pomp and circumstance. They urged the new students to use their College years as a time to...
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Stepping into action
This was New England’s summer of endless sunshine — that is until a group of incoming Harvard freshmen started hiking through New Hampshire’s woods. Then a nor’easter swept in and stalled, dumping...
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Harvard programs help incoming freshmen to get into the flow.
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The import of ‘Breaking Good’
Walter White, the central character of the television series “Breaking Bad,” is a middle-aged chemistry teacher who becomes a drug dealer after learning he has terminal cancer. During an on-campus...
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Their memories and hopes
With so many deserving students graduating each year, the Commencement Office has the unenviable task of selecting just three speakers to address the nearly 32,000 students, faculty, alumni, parents,...
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‘There’s no easy time to say hard things’
Delivering Harvard’s Commencement address, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called on the Class of 2014 this afternoon to safeguard free speech and inquiry, rights that he said are under...
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Rewarding restlessness
During his four years at Harvard, Chris Stock studied math and music history, sang with the glee club, and flew across the snow as part of the Nordic ski team. He had a full, rich College experience,...
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Green tip of the month: Bring your own (water) bottle
Fall brings with it cold weather and the comforts of tea, hot cocoa, or coffee. That’s why October’s Green Tip of the Month from the Harvard University Office for Sustainability encourages you to...
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Mt. Trashmore, annual waste audit show importance of waste reduction, recycling
Harvard took America Recycles Day to the next level on Monday (Nov. 15), choosing to use the day to celebrate the annual Mt. Trashmore tradition. One day every fall, students and staff construct the...
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