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Throughout her Harvard College experience, Social Studies and Philosophy concentrator Ari Kohn ‘26 has explored how the mission of Harvard College, to educate citizen and citizen-leaders through a liberal arts education, is enacted and preserved. The...

At Harvard, Francisco Cortes '26 and Owen Guest '26 also shared interest in history and commitment to their athletic regimen. In summer 2025, both spent months pursuing research in Munich under the mentorship of Frank Johnson. Guest’s senior thesis...

The Lafayette Fellowship welcomes Eva Frazier and Henry Lear to its very first cohort of scholars. Established in September 2025 under the high patronage of the President of the French Republic to mark the 250th anniversary of French-American friendship...

Swara Patel, a 2022 Harvard Amgen Scholar, has been named a 2026 Samvid Scholar. Congratulations, Swara!

Ashwin Sivakumar ’26 wanted to understand how birds evolved such a diversity of wing shapes. Working with the Edwards Lab, led by Alexander Agassiz Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Scott V. Edwards, Sivakumar used CT technology to scan a...

Two Harvard College students and two recent alumni are among the 19 recipients nationwide selected for the 2026 Hertz Fellowship, one of the country’s most competitive doctoral fellowships in science, engineering, and mathematics. Awarded annually by the...

Two Harvard College students and eight recent alumni are among the recipients selected as 2026 Knight-Hennessy Scholars, Stanford University’s multidisciplinary graduate fellowship program that supports emerging leaders pursuing graduate education across...

Shriya Bhat ’27, Wyatt Jensen ’27, and Kasie Leung ’27 have been awarded the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education. Learn more about the scholarship and Harvard's awardees on College News.

Mab Karrar '27 joins the 2026 cohort of Projects for Peace. This group is made of 142 projects nominated by 98 institutions. Karrar will join a cohort working on "innovative, community-centered, and scalable responses to the world’s most pressing issues"...

52 Harvard College students and alumni were awarded a 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) grant. Learn more about the alumni and their fields!