Alumni News

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

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

Understanding AI Vulnerabilities

As artificial intelligence capabilities evolve, so too will the tactics used to exploit them. 

by Olivia Farrar

Charlie Greene pitches his startup, a tech-driven family memory book, to Shark Tank

A Harvard Startup on Shark Tank

How a Business School graduate uses AI to preserve family history

by Olivia Farrar

Sunlit library room at the Boston Atheneum

The New Boston Athenaeum

Find “the joy of discovery and power of this unique place.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard 2025 Overseer and HAA Directed Slates

This year’s governing board and  alumni association candidates

Graduates in caps and gowns hold inflatable globes at an outdoor ceremony with red banners in the background.

Harvard University’s 373rd Commencement Excercises

Commencement and Alumni Day schedules

close-up of VADM Shoshana Chatfield at NATO meeting

U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield

U.S. Navy vice admiral on the frontlines at NATO

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bill Gates delivers comments at Harvard University, his memoir Source Code displayed

Bill Gates on AI and Innovation

At Harvard, the Microsoft co-founder discusses his biography—and artificial intelligence. 

by Olivia Farrar

Munch painting. "Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones)"

Gift of Munch Artworks

Transformative bequest left to the Harvard Art Museums

by Jonathan Shaw

James Husson

James J. Husson Appointed Head of Development

Academic fundraising veteran joins Harvard April 1

by John S. Rosenberg

Top row, left to right: Lanhee J. Chen, Mark A. Edwards, Mary Louise Kelly, Nathaniel Owen Keohane Bottom row, left to right: Michael Rosenblatt, Anjali Sud, Courtney B. Vance

Harvard Overseer Candidates’ 2025 Priorities

Governing-board nominees’ perspectives on the University’s challenges and opportunities

by John S. Rosenberg