Alumni

Explore Harvard alumni stories, news, and achievements—covering reunions, profiles, and the global impact of Harvard graduates.

John Harvard statue beneath a large American flag outside of University Hall

Trump Administration Appeals Order Restoring $2.7 Billion in Funding to Harvard

The appeal, which had been expected, came two days before the deadline to file.

by Jonathan Shaw

Weld Boathouse gains Ellen Kennelly sculpture

Ellen Kennelly ’85 has created a new glass sculpture for Weld Boathouse.

by Craig Lambert

Theresa McCulla

Theresa McCulla runs Harvard Dining Services’ Food Literacy Project

Meet the director of Harvard Dining Services’ Food Literacy Project.

Samuel Beer

Sam Beer and Charles Townsend Copeland

What made Sam Beer and Charles Townsend Copeland great

At the Merkers salt mines in central Germany, American GIs admire Édouard Manet’s <em>In the Conservatory,</em> one of the thousands of rare works and documents stored there by the Nazi regime late in World War II. Monuments Man George Stout (see next image), a Fogg Museum conservator turned U.S. Army lieutenant, supervised the rescue of 40 tons of art from the site in April 1945.

The Monuments Men: Rescuing art from the Nazis

Harvard’s Monuments Men at war

These views (above and below) of the Xenith football helmet show the disc-shaped shock absorbers that adapt to the magnitude and direction of the hit, adjusting the helmet’s compression accordingly.

New football helmet protects the brain

Vin Ferrara ’95 manufactures the Xenith football helmet to protect players from concussions.

by Craig Lambert

The new <a href="http://alumni.harvard.edu">alumni.harvard.edu</a>

Harvard's alumni website has a new look

Harvard's alumni website has a new look and a new home.

Harvard's new public-service initiative

The Harvard Alumni Association's plans a global public-service initiative

Carl Kassel (left), announcer for National Public Radio’s weekly <em>Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!</em> clowns with its host, Peter Sagal.

The Harvard radio wits of NPR’s “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”

Three Harvard graduates help create the weekly humor of NPR’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!

by Craig Lambert

James Katz (left) and Bob Nadelberg with an indoor bicycle at their offices

Harvard-trained docs practice “age-management” medicine

Two Harvard-trained doctors launch a practice in the emerging field of age-management medicine.

by Craig Lambert

Harvard Alumni Association Awards

The winners of the 2009 Harvard Alumni Association Award