Harvard Community Welcomes Lucky Class of 2013
In a new tradition filled with the pomp and circumstance usually reserved for Commencement, Harvard alumni and administrators celebrated the first-ever Freshman Convocation alongside an excited incoming class.
A Passport to Knowledge: Kelly Brock ’11 (part 2 of 3)
Even though I’ve already been here for seven weeks, I still have moments when I look around and say, “Holy cow, I’m in Japan!”
A Passport to Knowledge: Jamie Danner ’12 (part 2 of 3)
Nice is as beautiful as ever. It seems as though I left Munich at just the right moment—it dropped to 13˚ C just as I left! After spending a truly wonderful weekend in London with two of my close friends from Harvard who are working there, I journeyed on to the Riviera, and boy am I happy to be here.
A Passport to Knowledge: Jamie Danner ’12 (part 1 of 3)
Munich is finally warm! Summer, as it seems was the case back in the States, was particularly wet and hovering around 15˚C, which was really quite upsetting.
A Passport to Knowledge: Kelly Brock ’11 (part 1 of 3)
Japan has always seemed like a dream to me, a macrocosm of the floating world inhabited by the romanticized figures of geisha and samurai. Since elementary school, my greatest loves have been science and the possibility of learning about new cultures, particularly Japan’s.
Learning from Harvard’s “Art Whisperer”
Objects of art—19th-century European paintings, 17th-century Native American bows, and vases from Greek antiquity—speak to cultural historian Ivan Gaskell, and he wants students to hear what they have to say.
14 Days, 45 Concentrations
Folklore & Mythology. Sanskrit & Indian Studies. These subjects are among the 45 concentrations that Harvard undergraduates have the opportunity to explore during Advising Fortnight—a series of events designed to help freshmen choose the unique intellectual community that suits them best.
Iron Chef Competition Heats Up
The setting: Quincy House dining hall. The competitors: Thirty students divided into six teams hungering to display their consummate culinary skills.
