Alumni

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

Harvard College Dean Deming Launches Podcast

In interviews with accomplished people, he traces their circuitous routes to success.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Profile of Rachel Cox, author of the World War II history "Into Dust and Fire"

Rachel Cox ’74 pays written tribute to an uncle and his friends with Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army.

by Jean Martin

Profile of Little Rock Central High School teacher George West

George West ’72 and his students foster oral history at Little Rock Central High.

by Isabel Ruane

Harvard alumni in the 113th Congress

Alumni, an alumna, and a former Law School professor will join the 113th Congress.

Children’s Hospital Boston’s David G. Nathan celebrates progress in pediatrics

David G. Nathan on watching his patients grow up and flourish

Wildlife photographer Tim Laman documents 39 species of the Birds-of-Paradise

The dazzling beauty and strangely human behavior of one of the world’s most diverse bird families.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Social justice activists and entrepreneurs follow their own paths

Young activists live their beliefs—"every day"

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ben Loory writes short, quirky stories

Ben Loory's minimalist stories ambush the reader.

by David Updike

George Howe Colt's new book "Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History"

In Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History, George Howe Colt offers autobiography and biography both.

Unrelated tropical cuckoos find safety sharing a communal nest

The breeding behavior of tropical cuckoos, in which unrelated adults share a communal nest, proves an exception to the theory of kin selection.

by W. Barksdale Maynard

Harvard affiliates in the 113th Congress November 2012

A roundup of alumni winners