People & Passions
Don’t Call Stephanie Pierce A Paleontologist
From competing in youth gymnastics to studying tetrapods, the Harvard curator has always chased her curiosity.
The World is No Longer Built for the Old-School Office
A College student’s attempt to recapture the romanticism of the workplace.
by Kate Kaufman
Meet the Harvard Alumni Association’s New President
David Battat promotes alumni engagement.
Highlighting Harvard Magazine’s Fellows
The 2026-2027 Ledecky and Summer Undergraduate Fellows
Why Men Have Worn the Same Black Suits for 200 Years
Chloe Chapin trains her Broadway costume designer’s eye on the history of men’s fashion.
Harvard’s University Marshal Rolls Out the Red Carpet
How Katie O’Dair makes kings, comedians, and parents feel welcome on campus.
The Harvard Doctor Who Made Kidney Transplants Possible
Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.
Found in Translation
For both American and international students, growing up is like learning a new language.
What the ‘Other Face’ of the U.S.-Mexico Border Looks Like
Photographer and writer Morgan Smith chronicles life beyond the violence in Ciudad Juárez and other Mexican towns.
He Operates on Eyes. And He Operates a Racecar.
Harvard graduate and NASCAR racer Patrick Staropoli on pedals, attention, and fearlessness.
In Searing New Memoir, Emilee Hackney Struggles to Find Home
All That’s Unseen charts the Harvard graduate’s uneasy journey from Appalachia to Cambridge and back.