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Harvard College's unusual House system brings faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates together under one roof in smaller communities that encourage residents to develop as people as well as scholars. Find out why Cabot House resident Krystal Tung '13 says that the place where she lives is also the place where she explores, creates, connects, and, above all, learns.

What does it mean for the universe to have dimensions we cannot grasp? Lisa Randall discusses the importance of scale to her work as a physicist and to our ways of seeing and understanding the world around us. Lisa Randall is the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science in the Department of Physics. Her research connects theoretical insights to puzzles in our current understanding of the properties and interactions of fundamental particles as well as cosmology. She has developed new conceptual frameworks and models that explore extra dimensions of space, supersymmetry, dark matter, baryogenesis, and the Standard Model of particle physics. Randall's research also involves finding new ways to experimentally test and verify ideas, with a current focus on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.

What was it like to be present at the first performance of a great work of music? Thomas Kelly offers an inside look at his"First Nights" course, one of Harvard's most popular and enduring institutions. Thomas Kelly has been a Professor of Music at Harvard University since 1994 and served as the chair of the Department of Music from 1999 to 2005. Professor Kelly teaches the popular undergraduate course First Nights: Five Performance Premiers, which examines five musical premieres as significant moments of cultural history. His main research interest is in medieval chant, where he has identified and published an important repertory of early chant from southern Italy.

Students from all disciplines flock to Computer Science 1, or "CS50," one of the most popular offerings at Harvard. Taught by David Malan, senior lecturer on computer science in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the course gives participants the opportunity to become savvy programmers, creating apps and tackling new and unfamiliar problems across a wide spectrum. It culminates in the CS50 fair, where students showcase their efforts for the entire Harvard community.

Being a Harvard student means being a part of a community where you belong—whoever you are, wherever you're from and whatever you want to do. See why Harvard offers virtually unlimited opportunities and an unparalleled undergraduate experience. Featuring students, faculty, and alumni, including Tommy Lee Jones '69, Yo-Yo Ma '76, and Mira Nair '79.