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The Lessons I Learned as Student Body President

I was the Undergraduate Council vice president from 2007 to 2008 and then president from 2008 to 2009. I’ve never been more ...

Harvard’s housing day spirit extends beyond campus, raises $276,000 for student life

Harvard College’s first 24-hour Housing Day fundraising challenge raised $276,000, with Adams House contributing a dominant ...
The Harvard Crimson

All Harvard Students Should Study Abroad

Henry F. Haidar ’28, a Crimson Editorial editor, is an Applied Math concentrator in Lowell House. Unfortunately, I come bearing bad news. For those considering spending next semester in Austria, ...

'The Meaning of Your Life': Harvard's Arthur Brooks on finding purpose in an age of emptiness

Arthur Brooks, Harvard University professor, The Free Press columnist, host of the ‘Office Hours with Arthur Brooks’ podcast, ...
Harvard Medical School

Medical Students Share Joy, Meaning of Mentored Scholarly Projects

Third-year Pathways MD student Emilie Baxter spent her first-year summer break at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in ...
The New York Times

One Solution for Too Many A’s? Harvard Considers Giving A+ Grades.

Harvard University has been trying to cut back how many A grades professors give. Now, 53 percent of grades are A’s, down from 60 percent. By Mark Arsenault It used to be unusual for a Harvard student ...