Alumni

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

A gloved hand holds a clear shard of blue ice against the sky.

The Secrets Glaciers Tell

A Harvard class explores the glacial legacy of pollution emitted by the Roman Empire

by Olivia Farrar

Justice Edward Sanford portrait, modified to depict him as a baseball player

Harvard Alumni Association President Bob Bowie Jr.

An admissions odyssey, the search for “Casey,” and a Harvard legislative legacy

by Primus VI

Toussaint Miller in a dark sweater plays the trumpet on stage with eyes closed.

Music and Medicine

Toussaint Miller explores the healing power of art.


by Lydialyle Gibson

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

A condemned inmate returns to his cell in the east block of death row at California’s San Quentin State Prison

The Supreme Court and Mass Incarceration

A legal scholar’s harsh assessment of the Supreme Court’s rulings on crime

by Lincoln Caplan

A violinist in a green shirt plays on stage, smiling, with microphones and stage lighting in the background.

Works by Archaic Greek Poets Set to Music

Millennia-old Greek lyrics ring out again in twenty-first-century pop music.

by Craig Lambert

A person with long brown hair wears a sleeveless green dress with a kiwi fruit pattern, sitting in a vintage-style café.

Leslie Jamison on Isolation, Empathy, and Selfhood

The essayist on isolation, empathy, and selfhood

by Nina Pasquini

Wooden pillars with curved metal hooks arranged in an outdoor installation.

Harvard Sculptor Justin Peyser on Finding Sanctuary

Probing the concepts of territory and sanctuary.

by Lydialyle Gibson

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Correspondence about caregiving, football, feminism, free speech, and more

Jimmy Carter and James Agee ’32

Why this “sovereign prince of the English language” touched the president’s heart

by Lincoln Caplan

Jacob Roberts with other colleagues filming with equipment

Five Questions with "Rent Free" Star Jacob Roberts

The actor and filmmaker on creativity, collaboration, and celebrity canines

by Nina Pasquini