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Publications and media

Many Harvard undergraduate publications and productions are distributed worldwide. * ''
The Harvard Crimson ''The Harvard Crimson'' is the student newspaper of Harvard University and was founded in 1873. Run entirely by Harvard College undergraduates, it served for many years as the only daily newspaper in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Beginning in the f ...
,'' the United States' oldest continually published daily college newspaper. * ''SatireV,'' the college's satire publication which focuses on bringing satirical Harvard, national, and international news into the public sphere. * Harvard Yearbook Publications, Inc., publisher of the Senior yearbook since 1950. * ''
The Harvard Advocate ''The Harvard Advocate'', the art and literary magazine of Harvard College, is the oldest continuously published college art and literary magazine in the United States. The magazine (published then in newspaper format) was founded by Charles S. ...
,'' the oldest continuously published college literary magazine. * ''The
Harvard Lampoon ''The Harvard Lampoon'' is an undergraduate humor publication founded in 1876 by seven undergraduates at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Overview The ''Harvard Lampoon'' publication was founded in 1876 by seven undergraduates ...
,'' founded in 1876 on the model of ''
Punch Punch commonly refers to: * Punch (combat), a strike made using the hand closed into a fist * Punch (drink), a wide assortment of drinks, non-alcoholic or alcoholic, generally containing fruit or fruit juice Punch may also refer to: Places * Pun ...
''. * The ''
Harvard Political Review The ''Harvard Political Review'' is a quarterly, nonpartisan American magazine and website on politics and public policy founded in 1969 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It covers domestic and international affairs and politica ...
'', founded in 1969 by former Vice President
Al Gore Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic no ...
. * The ''
Harvard International Review The ''Harvard International Review'' is a quarterly international relations journal published by the Harvard International Relations Council at Harvard University. The ''HIR'' offers commentary on global developments in politics, economics, busi ...
,'' which regularly carries articles by prominent scholars and policymakers. * Radio station
WHRB WHRB is a commercial FM radio station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It broadcasts at 95.3 MHz and is operated by students at Harvard College. The station is owned by Harvard Radio Broadcasting Co., Inc., a non-profit corporation independent o ...
, noted for its periodic "Orgies" devoted to certain performers, composers, genres, and themes. * The Harvard Interactive Media Group publishes a quarterly academic review devoted to media studies and
video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...
s. * The ''
Harvard Review of Philosophy ''The Harvard Review of Philosophy'' is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal of philosophy edited by a student collective at Harvard University.Scanlon, Thomas (2002) "Foreword" ''In'' Upham, S. Phineas, ''Philosophers in Conversation: Inter ...
,'' which publishes professional philosophy * The ''Harvard Science Review,'' Harvard's oldest undergraduate science publication. * The ''Harvard Undergraduate Research Journal,'' which showcases peer-reviewed undergraduate research. * ''
The Harvard Independent ''The Harvard Independent'' is a weekly newspaper produced by undergraduate students at Harvard University. It is one of the leading hard-news media outlets on the Harvard undergraduate campus. It is the oldest weekly newspaper in Cambridge, Massa ...
,'' an alternative weekly with news, opinion, sports, arts, and features. *
Harvard Undergraduate Television Harvard Undergraduate Television (HUTV) was a Harvard College student television station broadcasting to the Internet between 2009 and 2013. HUTV carried original, student-produced content from eleven shows and from individual Harvard students ...
, producer of the comedy news program '' On Harvard Time'' and the soap opera ''Ivory Tower''. *'' The Gamut'' *'' Her Campus Harvard,'' an intersectional, feminist publication, targeted at women in college.


Service

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Phillips Brooks House Association Phillips may refer to: Businesses Energy * Chevron Phillips Chemical, American petrochemical firm jointly owned by Chevron Corporation and Phillips 66. * ConocoPhillips, American energy company * Phillips 66, American energy company * Philli ...
'', an umbrella community service organization operating in Phillips Brooks House of
Harvard Yard Harvard Yard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the oldest part of the Harvard University campus, its historic center and modern crossroads. It contains most of the freshman dormitories, Harvard's most important libraries, Memorial Church, sever ...
, consists of 78 program committees and over 1,800 student volunteers, and serves close to 10,000 clients in the Cambridge and Boston area. * Harvard for Haiti * Harvard for Japan * Harvard for Pakistan * Harvard for the Horn *Harvard CityStep provides an arts education through dance, taught by undergraduates, to students in city schools with under-funded arts programs.


Political

* The
Harvard Undergraduate Council The Harvard Undergraduate Council, Inc., colloquially known as "The UC," was the student government of Harvard College between 1982 and 2022, when it was abolished by a student referendum after a series of scandals. The UC had faced widespread ...
, elected by undergraduates, advocates on behalf of students, operates certain student services, and grants funds to other student organizations. * The
Harvard Institute of Politics The Institute of Politics (IOP) is an institute of Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University that was created to serve as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, as well as to inspire Harvard undergraduates to consider careers in politi ...
, a non-partisan living memorial to President John F. Kennedy that promotes public service and provides political opportunities to undergraduates. * The Harvard College Democrats, the largest partisan political group on campus. * The Harvard Republican Club. * Harvard Undergraduates for Bipartisan Solutions, also known as Harvard Bipartisans, is a center for bipartisan and non-partisan thought, policymaking, and discussion. * The
Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society The Harvard College Debating Union (previously known as the Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society) is Harvard University's only internationally competitive debate team. As the winner of the most American Parliamentary Debate Association ...
fields one of the top intercollegiate debate teams in the world. * The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations organizes two annual conferences at Harvard and in Asia to facilitate discussion of the economic, political, and social issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. *
Harvard Model Congress Harvard Model Congress (HMC) is the largest congressional simulation conference in the world. HMC provides high school students from across the United States and abroad an opportunity to experience American government firsthand. Although HMC is ...
, in which high school students from around the world conduct simulated sessions of the United States Congress. * The
Harvard International Relations Council The Harvard International Relations Council (HIRC) is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote awareness of international relations based out of Harvard University. As several semi-independent but centrally funded programs, the IRC foc ...
promotes international awareness and sponsors a Model United Nations. * Project IMUSE, a non-profit organization run by students at Harvard, Tsinghua, and Peking University that aims to foster mutual curiosity, respect, and understanding between people in China and North America. * The Harvard Undergraduate Foreign Policy Initiative, an undergraduate think tank and a hub for discussing foreign policy and national security. * The Harvard College China Forum


Performing arts

Opera companies *
Harvard College Opera Harvard College Opera (HCO), formally the Harvard College Opera Society, is a collegiate opera company composed of undergraduates at Harvard College and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1992 at Dunster House as the Dunster House Ope ...
, the entirely undergraduate opera company, performs one opera each year. * ''Lowell House Opera'', the oldest continually performing opera company in New England. * The ''Harvard-Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players'', founded in 1956, performs comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan and by others. File:70th annual Lowell House Opera (LHO) Turandot poster 2008.jpg, alt= File:70th annual Lowell House Opera (LHO) Turandot Hall 2008.jpg, alt= File:70th annual Lowell House Opera (LHO) Turandot stage 2008.jpg, alt= File:70th annual Lowell House Opera (LHO) Turandot 2008.jpg, alt= File:70th annual Lowell House Opera (LHO) Turandot orchestra 2008.jpg, alt= ;Choral groups * Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, a select
mixed choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...
formed in 1971. *
Harvard Glee Club The Harvard Glee Club is a 60-voice, Tenor-Bass choral ensemble at Harvard University. Founded in 1858 in the tradition of English and American glee clubs, it is the oldest collegiate chorus in the United States. The Glee Club is part of the H ...
, the oldest college chorus in America, founded in 1858. * Radcliffe Choral Society, founded in 1898, an all-women chorus. * Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, which consists of faculty, staff, community members, as well as graduate students and undergraduates. * Harvard University Choir, formally established in 1834 but in existence since the eighteenth century. * The Kuumba Singers of Harvard College, the oldest existing Black organization at Harvard College (founded in 1970), celebrates Black creativity and spirituality. ;A cappella groups * ''Harvard Mirch'', a south Asian a cappella group founded in 2013. *
Harvard Din & Tonics The Harvard Din & Tonics (or "the Dins") are a signature, five-part jazz a cappella group from Harvard University, founded in 1979. History The group was founded in April 1979 as a public service project of the Phillips Brooks House Associat ...
, an all-male jazz a cappella group founded in 1979. * Harvard Krokodiloes, an all-male a cappella group, Harvard's oldest. * ''Harvard Opportunes'', Harvard's oldest mixed vocal a cappella group, founded in 1980. * ''Harvard LowKeys'', a co-ed a cappella group founded in 1999, singing predominantly contemporary music. * The Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones, a co-ed group known for a diverse contemporary repertoire, founded in 1985. * ''Harvard Callbacks'', contemporary mixed vocal, both male and female. * Radcliffe Pitches, all-female a cappella group founded in 1975. * ''Harvard's Under Construction'', a mixed vocal Christian music a cappella group founded in the early 1980s. * Harvard Fallen Angels, an all-female a cappella group founded in 2000. * ''Cliffe Notes''- the contemporary a cappella subset of the Radcliffe Choral Society (Harvard's premier women's chorus est. 1899). ;Orchestras and bands * Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra, founded in 1808. * Harvard Bach Society Orchestra, founded in 1898 as "The Musical Club of Harvard University," is Harvard's chamber orchestra. *
Harvard University Band The Harvard University Band (HUB) is the official student band of Harvard University. The Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Harvard Summer Pops Band, and the Harvard Jazz Bands also fall under the umbrella organization of HUB. Currently, the band plays f ...
, founded in 1919, plays university sporting events and in other community venues. * ''Harvard Pops Orchestra'', known for their fun performances and innovative repertoire. * ''Harvard Mozart Society Orchestra'', founded in 1984, performs often with Robert Levin. ;Theater and dance * ''The Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club'' connects smaller campus theater groups and supports all campus productions. *
Hasty Pudding Theatricals The Hasty Pudding Theatricals, known informally simply as The Pudding, is a theatrical student society at Harvard University, known for its burlesque crossdressing musicals. The Hasty Pudding is the oldest theatrical organization in the United S ...
, formed in 1795, is known for its student-written burlesque musicals. * '' The Immediate Gratification Players (IGP)'', '' On Thin Ice (OTI)'', and ''Three Letter Acronym (TLA)'' are Harvard's three undergraduate
improvisational comedy Improvisational theatre, often called improvisation or improv, is the form of theatre, often comedy, in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers. In its purest form, the dialogue, a ...
groups. * ''Harvard blackC.A.S.T.'' (Community and Student Theater) is Harvard's theater group dedicated to black theatrical production and fostering a black theater community on campus. *''Harvard College Asian Student Arts Project (ASAP)'', Harvard's community and organization dedicated to the theatre and arts community for Asian students on campus. *''The Harvard-Radcliffe Modern Dance Company.'' * ''The Harvard Ballet Company'', a student-run organization that performs and choreographs classical ballet, contemporary, and modern dance. * ''The Harvard Ballroom Team'', one of the largest national collegiate ballroom teams. * ''The Harvard Ballet Folklórico de Aztlán.'' * ''Harvard Deepam'' performs
Bharatanatyam Bharatanatyam () is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the eight widely recognized Indian classical dance forms, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of ...
. * ''The Harvard Intertribal Indian Dance Troupe'' performs Native American powwow dances. * ''The Harvard Pan-African Dance and Music Ensemble'' is dedicated to raising awareness of the depth and diversity of African expressive culture through the performance of dance and music from all over the continent. * ''The Harvard Crimson Dance Team.'' ;Other * HarvardTHUD (The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers), founded in 1999, known for their creative percussion performance with plastic SOLO cups, brooms, and traditional instruments. * The Noteables, a non-audition group that performs revue-style musical theater.


Academic

* ''Dynamo.'' * ''Harvard College Engineering Society.'' * ''Harvard College Stem Cell Society'' A student group dedicated to raising awareness about the ethics, politics, and science of stem cell research. *''Harvard Ethnic Studies Coalition'' advocates for a robust and interdisciplinary Ethnic Studies program at Harvard. *''Task'' ''Force on Asian and Pacific American Studies at Harvard College'' promotes Asian and Pacific American Studies by bringing together students, faculty, staff, and alumni and facilitating multidisciplinary academic discussion and social connection. * ''Women in Science at Harvard-Radcliffe.'' * ''Group for Undergraduate Students in Statistics at Harvard College'' A student group dedicated to cultivating passion for statistics, creating a supportive community for undergraduates studying statistics, and providing educational opportunities for students at the College. * ''Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Physics Students'' A collection of dedicated students drawing from backgrounds in physics and closely related fields towards the celebration and discussion of physical topics. * ''Harvard Applied Math Society'' A student group dedicated to promotion of applied mathematics within the undergraduate body, cultivating a supportive community of students interested in the field and exploration of topics within, from academic to professional.


Pre-professional

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Harvard Student Agencies Harvard Student Agencies, Inc. (HSA) is the largest student-run company in the world, employing more than 600 Harvard undergraduates each year, and paying more than $1.7M in student wages annually. Founded in 1957, HSA is a multimillion-dollar cor ...
. * Harvard Undergraduate Consulting on Business and the Environment is a strategy consulting group specializing in technology, sustainability, and life sciences. * Harvard College Consulting Group provides businesses with trained student analysts with term-time consulting projects. * Veritas Financial Group helps prepare students for careers in finance. * Harvard Smart Woman Securities. * Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business. *Video Game Development Club.
Harvard AI Safety Team
Student Group supports students doing research to mitigate risks from advanced AI. * Harvard Financial Analysts Club uses management of its own investment funds as a teaching vehicle. * Harvard Investment Association educates on investing and financial markets and provides opportunities for investing experience. * The Leadership Institute at Harvard College provides leadership training. * Harvard College Engineering Society participates in competitions and promotes cross-disciplinary collaboration. * Harvard Undergraduate Robotics Club is a body formed of passionate students dedicated to the promotion and celebration of robotics, regularly participating in a range of annual competitions.


Unrecognized student groups

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. * Fraternities:
Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Epsilon Pi (), commonly known as AEPi, is a college fraternity founded at New York University in 1913 by Charles C. Moskowitz and ten other men. The fraternity has more than 150 active chapters across the United States, Canada, United K ...
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Delta Kappa Epsilon Delta Kappa Epsilon (), commonly known as ''DKE'' or ''Deke'', is one of the oldest fraternities in the United States, with fifty-six active chapters and five active colonies across North America. It was founded at Yale College in 1844 by fiftee ...
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Kappa Sigma Kappa Sigma (), commonly known as Kappa Sig, is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1869. Kappa Sigma is one of the five largest international fraternities with currently 318 active chapters and col ...
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Lambda Upsilon Lambda La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc. ( or LUL) is a Latino-based collegiate fraternity. It was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on February 19, 1982, and has 74 active undergraduate chapters and fifteen gradua ...
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon (), commonly known as SAE, is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. It was founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is t ...
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Sigma Chi Sigma Chi () International Fraternity is one of the largest North American fraternal literary societies. The fraternity has 244 active (undergraduate) chapters and 152 alumni chapters across the United States and Canada and has initiated more t ...
. * Female social clubs: Bee, Isis, The Seneca, La Vie, Pleiades, Sabliere Society, and Exister Society. * Sororities:
Delta Gamma Delta Gamma (), commonly known as DG, is a women's fraternity in the United States and Canada with over 250,000 initiated members. It has 150 collegiate chapters and more than 200 alumnae groups. The organization's executive office is in Columbus ...
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Kappa Alpha Theta Kappa Alpha Theta (), also known simply as Theta, is an international women’s fraternity founded on January 27, 1870, at DePauw University, formerly Indiana Asbury. It was the first Greek-letter fraternity established for women. The main arc ...
, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Alpha Phi, and Alpha Pi Omega. * Social clubs:
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, Signet, and Oak.


Recognized student groups

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Delphic Club The Delphic Club is an all-male social group at Harvard University founded in 1846. It began the process of merging with the all-female Bee Club in August 2017, and the Delphic & Bee became one of fifteen Harvard-recognized social organizations ...
, social club. *
Harvard Boxing Club The Harvard Boxing Club is a student organization at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. History Boxing has been a popular campus activity since the late 19th century. In the intramural tournament of 1879, future President Theodore Roo ...
. * Harvard Organization for Latin America


Religious life

;Chabad House The
Chabad House A Chabad house is a centre for disseminating traditional Judaism by the Chabad movement. Chabad houses are run by a Chabad Shaliach (emissary), and Shalucha (fem. for emissary) and their family. They are located in cities and on or near college ...
at Harvard is a community center for
Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
students operated by the
Orthodox Jewish Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist and theologically conservative branches of contemporary Judaism. Theologically, it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah, both Written and Oral, as revealed by God to Moses on M ...
Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic grou ...
movement. It was founded by Rabbi Hirschy and Mrs. Elkie Zarchi in 1997. According to Professor
Ruth Wisse Ruth Wisse (surname pronounced ) (Yiddish: רות װײַס; Roskies; born May 13, 1936) is a Canadian academic and is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University ''emerita''. ...
, its success is due to the personality and energy of Rabbi Zarchi. The rabbi and his wife live at the Chabad House with their young children, which contributes to a warm family atmosphere at their Friday evening Shabbat dinners for students. In April 2010 it placed a bid of $6 million to purchase the building of the former DU Club located at 45 Dunster Street from the Fly Club. The bid was reportedly more than twice the tax-assessed value of the building and land.Kolin, Danielle and Srivatsa, Naveen
"Fly Club May Sell Space Leased to the Bee"
Harvard Crimson, April 28, 2010


References

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