EditorialVincent Vertuccio, a freshman at George Washington University, helped organize hundreds of other young people to elect President Joe Biden around the issue of climate change. (Jason Andrew/The New York Times)
EditorialDi'Zhon Chase, a freshman at Columbia University who completed a Harvard course for high school students, in Gallup, N.M., Feb. 8, 2021. (Adria Malcolm/The New York Times)
EditorialAn image provided by Haley Dimonda, a freshman at the State University of New York at Oneonta, shows her being led from her dorm room in the middle of the night after she tested positive for the coronavirus. (Haley Dimonda via The New York Times)
EditorialBrando Barajas, a high school freshman in Rego Park, Queens, outside his home with his 3-month-old niece, Isabella, on May 21, 2020. (Brittainy Newman/The New York Times)
EditorialBelce Dogru, who is pursuing a master’s degree in computer science at Stanford University, in Stanford, Calif., Jan. 8, 2020. (Kelsey McClellan/The New York Times)