Alumni

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

A man in a suit waves while smiling, with greenery in the background.

Remembering Jack Reardon

He was Harvard’s quintessential people person.

by Jonathan Shaw

sperm whale and freediver

Listening to Sperm Whales

After listening to leviathans, an undergraduate comes to conservation.  

by Jonathan Shaw

A man carrying an umbrella walks beside a set of train tracks

A Harvard graduate’s reflections on being homeless

A Harvard graduate’s reflections on being unhoused

by Jason Adam Sheets

illustration of a man with backpack approaching a open green lawn with holes in the lawn shaped as thought bubbles with University Hall in the distance the the silhouette of protesters on either side of the building

How Political Tension on Campus Creates Risk Aversion

How overheated political attention warps campus life

by Aden Barton

Eli Dershwitz against Brown (at Yale) in 2019

Harvard Crimson Fencers at Paris 2024 Olympics

Eight Olympics-bound Harvard fencers

by Max J. Krupnick

Madeline Benson singing at the piano, her face lit up on an otherwise dark stage

Broadway Director from Harvard Adapting Disney

Broadway music director Madeline Benson on art and collaboration

by Lydialyle Gibson

Hudson in a baseball cap with her easel and paints at a rocky seaside

Landscapes of a Harvard Plein Air Painter

Kathleen B Hudson ’09 captures the essence of the outdoors, from the Rocky Mountains to the beaches of Maui.

by Brandon Rosas

May 1976, John Finley’s last lecture, Sanders Theatre

The Remarkable Master of Eliot House at Harvard

Brief life of a masterful House Master: 1904-1995

by Constantine Archimedes Valhouli

Photograph of Centennial Medalists Martin Duberman, Myra Marx Ferree, Joan Argetsinger, and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr.

Harvard Centennial Medalists

Four alumni recognized for work

Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Studying abroad 

Sasha the University police community engagement dog wearing Commencement regalia

What Do Graduates at Harvard Really Want in 2024?

Seniors’ work plans, Sasha stylin’, reunion sonnet, and more