Alumni
Explore Harvard alumni stories, news, and achievements—covering reunions, profiles, and the global impact of Harvard graduates.
A Harvard Choral Group Sings Again, 50 Years Later
The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum reunites for a 50th anniversary tour around France.
Brief life of Alan Seeger, poet and soldier in World War I
Brief live of a premonitory poet: 1888-1916
Death penalty critiqued by Carol and Jordan Steiker
Sibling scholars Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker seek to change how America thinks about capital punishment.
Harvardians awarded National Humanities Medals and National Book nominations
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
Harvard Overseer Election Reforms
Moves to online voting—but raises threshold to petition for a place on the ballot.
Paul Zeitz established the math-focused Proof School in San Francisco
A private San Francisco middle school and high school nurture a passion for numbers.
by Violet Baron
"The biggest mystery": Nicholas Britell, on scoring "Big Short," "Seventh Fire"
A film composer's career, from annotating Sneakers to doing “archaeology” for 12 Years a Slave
Bee hunting with Thomas D. Seeley: an excerpt from "Following the Wild Bees"
Thomas D. Seeley on the craft and science of bee hunting
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
Spy novelist Joseph Finder, on the guilt and gumption that drive his writing
Joseph Finder makes technology the texture of his new thriller, Guilty Minds.
by Bailey Trela
Harvard alumna Sarah Alcorn reflects on her life as a private investigator
Boston-based private investigator Sarah Alcorn is “a bit of an oddball in this business.”