Alumni

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

Harvard Elects New Overseers, HAA Directors

Leaders for the governing board and alumni association were chosen by an alumni vote.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Overseer and HAA director elections

The official 2020 slates

Harvard’s Virtual Commencement

Harvard’s 369th Commencement goes virtual.

John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.

John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.

by Alex Huls

Novelist Paul Yoon and “Run Me to Earth”

Novelist Paul Yoon explores Laos’s forgotten war.

by Bailey Trela

Artistic director Joshua McTaggart and the redesigned Chelsea Theatre

Joshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.

by Olivia Munk

“The Equivalents,” by Maggie Doherty, reviewed by Susan Ware

From “women’s confinement” to “women’s liberation” at the Radcliffe Institute

by Susan Ware

Harvard Overseer Election Postponed

The coronavirus pandemic threatened to disenfranchise alumni balloting.

by John S. Rosenberg

African and African-American Studies Celebrates 50 years

Speakers discuss history, progress, hope, and home. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Overseers Nominations Election

On the eve of a contested election for the governing board, looking under the hood of the nominating process

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard and Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health Team to Fight SARS-CoV-2

As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.

by Jonathan Shaw