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 School of Public Health $350-million endowment

A transformative endowment gift from Gerald L. Chan and family

Harvard National Medalists MacArthurs and more

A National Medal of Technology for SEAS dean, National Humanities Medalists, MacArthur Fellows, and more

The Mission Continues puts veterans to work on community projects nationwide

Post-9/11 veterans find new ways to serve at home.

by Nell Porter-Brown

“Harvard-Hiring-Harvard” helps students find employment

“Harvard-Hiring-Harvard” helps students find employment.

A World War I Harvard aviator, plus a Game-worthy car buff and his wheels

A World War I Harvard aviator, plus a Game-worthy car buff and his wheels

Saxophonist John Payne teaches ensembles, jazz, and improvisation

Rejecting the “tyranny of competence,” John Payne helps musicians bloom.

by Craig Lambert

James Laughlin at Harvard, by Ian S. MacNiven, from LITERCHOOR IS MY BEAT

James Laughlin’s transit to Harvard and Europe—and pioneering literary publishing

John Muir

A brief life of a Scottish-American conservationist

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

Harvard Kennedy School Dean David Ellwood steps down

The Harvard Kennedy School’s leader will conclude his service at the end of the academic year.

Harvard Center for European Studies scholar writes new book on the Berlin Wall

A scholar at the Center for European Studies traces the unexpected causes of the opening of divided Berlin.