Photography

Rowing blades feature designs, most often inspired by shields and mascots, distinctive to each School and House at Harvard.

Students popped in and out of classrooms, labs, and lecture halls in the first days of the semester, hunting for just the right Gen Ed class — the one that…

Incoming Harvard medical and dental students talk about the people who helped them most.

Late nights. Discarded drafts. That one great idea. Harvard first-years reflect on the agony and the ecstasy of writing their admissions essay.

Whether you’re standing at the Harvard Statue in the morning, noon, or evening, the scene is almost always the same: Crowds of five, 10, or 50 converge to take a photo with the statue. For some, the statue is the embodiment of the University. For others a photo with it is just a box to check.

More than 1,500 first-year students rolled up their sleeves and went to work across Greater Boston on Thursday for the Class of 2023 Day of Service.

The Gazette asks first-year students to name the most cherished thing in their suitcases.

No blood, but some sweat and a few tears were on display as first-years moved into their Harvard Yard dorms Tuesday.

Harvard College first-year Ezra Feder spends his summer doing public service through Artists For Humanity, a nonprofit that provides employment in art and design to lower-income teens in the city.

For the fourth year, Harvard’s Summer Explorations helped local students stay sharp over the school break while learning in free weeklong workshops at the Ed Portal in Allston.

A photo gallery captures the hard work leading up to Harvard Ballet Company’s recent performance.

Phillips Brooks House program brings dogs to a local rehab center to interact with residents.

Harvard Divinity School graduate Israel Buffardi experienced an unconventional journey to his Unitarian Universalist ministry.

Not lost amid Harvard’s definitive ritual of revelry and accomplishment were the 6,665 graduates and their families, whose years of labor and sacrifice led them to the day.

A student-run emergency medical services organization at Harvard, Crimson CMS facilitates the training, certification, and volunteer service of EMTs.

The Harvard community came out to join in the 2019 Arts Festival with live music and dance performances, arts and crafts, theater, and more.

Harvard Housing Day, when first-year students learn what House they’ll be living in beginning sophomore year, is a big celebration

For last semester’s seminar “Harvard’s Greatest Hits,” David Stern got about a dozen first-year students in a room and had them examine some of the rarest and oldest volumes at Houghton Library, Harvard’s rich and vast repository of art, culture, history and much, much more.

To highlight the range of research being done in Harvard’s science labs, we recently visited students doing hands-on work in fields from quantum science to biology to chemical engineering.

Harvard staff photographer Rose Lincoln finds moments of motion and stillness, giving you a reason to pause.

Harvard Wintersession students picked up new skills during the break with classes that ranged from joke-writing to synthetic biology.

A partnership between a local fish wholesaler and Harvard University Dining Services puts fresh seafood on students’ and faculty members’ plates twice a week.

Photo gallery profiles six Harvard alumni over 90 who show no sign of slowing down.

Photo gallery of scenes from the 135th playing of The Game, Harvard-Yale football at Fenway Park.

Meet Remy, Harvard’s resident cat by day, whose campus rambles have inspired a Facebook page with more than 1,000 followers.

New and old sacred spaces at Harvard encourage pause and reflection, for religious and mindful communities alike.

Players bond and battle during Community Chess Weekend at Harvard’s Smith Campus Center.

Harvard’s redesigned Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center officially opened Sept. 20 with a dedication ceremony attended by Harvard President Larry Bacow, President Emerita Drew Faust, and members of the Harvard and Cambridge communities.

The fall semester is off to a busy start, with Harvard students scrambling to sample a variety of classes before settling on their course load.

President Larry Bacow, Dean Claudine Gay, and other Harvard leaders welcomed the Class of 2022 to campus on move-in day.