Alumni News

Updates on Harvard alumni milestones, reunions, and community initiatives.

Front page of The Harvard Bulletin from November 7, 1898, featuring the headline “Harvard Wins” about a football victory over Pennsylvania and articles on Harvard graduates’ service in the Spanish-American War

A History of Harvard Magazine

Harvard’s independent alumni magazine—at 127 years old 

by Olivia Farrar

Front page of The Harvard Bulletin from November 7, 1898, featuring the headline “Harvard Wins” about a football victory over Pennsylvania and articles on Harvard graduates’ service in the Spanish-American War

A History of Harvard Magazine

Harvard’s independent alumni magazine—at 127 years old 

by Olivia Farrar

Collage of six headshots of diverse individuals against a blurred outdoor background.

Meet the 2025 Harvard Alumni Association Honorands

Celebrating alumni volunteers

Will Makris in blue checkered suit and red patterned tie standing outdoors by stone column.

A New HAA President at a Tumultuous Time

A career in higher ed inspired Will Makris to give back.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard gates with inscription that reads "Open Ye the Gates That the Righteous Nation Which Keepeth the Truth May Enter In"

12,000 Harvard Alumni File Amicus Brief in Funding Freeze Lawsuit

Alumni from every Harvard school and class since 1950 rally behind the University.

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard graduates gather outside in 1965

The Harvard and Radcliffe Classes of ’65 Reflect at Reunion

These octogenarians look to the future with hope, and a sense of responsibility.

by Vivian W. Rong

Matt Levine in a dark blazer and glasses stands smiling with arms crossed in front of a large window in a city building.

Matt Levine's Bloomberg Finance Column Makes Money Funny

Matt Levine’s spunky Bloomberg column

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard’s Oldest Alums Lead the Alumni Day Parade

Stanley G. Karson ’48, A.M. ’50, K.S.G. ’50 and Linda Cabot Black ’51 led the alumni parade into Tercentenary Theatre on Alumni Day.

by Vivian W. Rong

Four 2025 Centennial Medal recipients standing outdoors in a row, smiling, with greenery and a brick building behind them.

Saluting the 2025 Centennial Medalists

Four alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.

by Olivia Farrar

Pulitzer Prize in the foreground with Radcliffe Institute in the background

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes Announced

Winners across five categories, from commentary on Gaza to criticism on public architecture

by Olivia Farrar

Flock of sheep grazing and resting in a field with blooming trees and Mount Everett in the background

Shepherdess Mary Berle's Massachussetts Mountain Farm

A former educator takes on one last big project: sheep farming

by Nell Porter-Brown