Alumni
Explore Harvard alumni stories, news, and achievements—covering reunions, profiles, and the global impact of Harvard graduates.
Singer, songwriter, harmonica player Scott Albert Johnson
Scott Albert Johnson finds his path.
by Jacob Sweet
Arabic translator Marilyn Booth
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
Novelist Maggie Shipstead and “Great Circle”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
Pediatrician Eileen Costello, profiled by Nell Porter Brown
A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.
Harvard Overseer Balloting Begins
The annual election of Overseers and alumni association directors is under way.
Bringing the Stars to Light
Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.
Baking Sourdough Bread is a Survival Instinct
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
by Jacob Sweet
Jeannie Suk Gersen of Harvard Law School, profiled by Lydialyle Gibson
Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”
Elizabeth Bangs Bryant
Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist
A monumental book reveals a monumental work of art
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.