Alumni

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

Jack Reardon and Walter Cabot, Remembered

Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion

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Harvard's Hillary Look-alike

Professional actress Heidi Dallin ’85 has been getting lots of work lately, thanks to her marked resemblance to Hillary Clinton...

As Supreme Court Takes Up Gun Ban, Greenhouse Is Watching

Radcliffe alumna. Linda Greenhouse ’68 has covered the Supreme Court for the Times for nearly 30 years, but recently announced that she is taking a buyout and retiring...

Now That's What You Call the "Reader's Digest" Version

Lizzie Widdicombe ’06 chronicles her attendance at a book party for Not Quite What I Was Planning, a compilation of six-word memoirs...

Jenny Lee Talks Chinese Food on "The Colbert Report"

Among Colbert's questions: "Is Chinese food safer to eat than Chinese toys?"

Sheryl Sandberg will join Facebook as chief operating officer

She has Harvard ties even beyond her degrees: she once served as chief of staff to former University President Lawrence H. Summers, during...

Moving Pictures, Hard Questions

It was a rare rainy night in Los Angeles. Filling up his tank at a local gas station, a man noticed the silhouette of another man, just beyond...

Profile of Broadway set designer Derek McLane

Set designer Derek McLane (Harvard ’80) has designed stages for "Grease," "Guys and Dolls," "The Pajama Game," and Pulitzer Prize-winning "I Am My Own Wife," and many other plays.

David Charbonneau

On camping trips in northern Ontario as a Boy Scout, David Charbonneau, Ph.D. ’01, Cabot associate professor of astronomy, remembers...

Wartime Legalities

At 6 a.m. in western Baghdad, the thermometer has already punched through 100 degrees across the barren lands around Camp Victory. As Colonel...

Vote Now

This spring, alumni will choose five new Harvard Overseers and six new elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board. Ballots...