Alumni

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

Radcliffe Institute Announces 2026-2027 Fellows

Scholars will tap Harvard’s intellectual resources during the coming academic year.

by Olivia Farrar

Video: Soulfège reinterprets the West African classic "Sweet Mother"

Shot in Ghana, a reinterpretation of the West African classic by a band including Derrick Ashong ’97 and Jonathan Gramling ’98

The music of Derrick Ashong and Soulfège fuses reggae, hip-hop, and funk

The band Soulfège has international sound and a positive message. With a music video.

by Craig Lambert

Prolific writer Francine Prose

Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.

Harvard scholars and students fight HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Harvard professors and students take aim at the social and behavioral factors that contribute to HIV.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Brief life of American textile industry entrepreneur Francis Cabot Lowell

Brief life of an American entrepreneur: 1775-1817

by Dan Yaeger

Mayor John Fetterman tries to renew Braddock, Pennsylvania

A Kennedy School alumnus tries to revive a Rust Belt town.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Profile of Harvard Alumni Association president Robert R. Bowie Jr.

Harvard Alumni Association president Robert R. Bowie Jr. is passionate about the “Harvard network.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Inaugural conference for the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance

President Drew Faust will welcome attendees as the Shared Interest Group hosts its inaugural conference (October 15-17).

Hiram Hunn Awards for long-serving volunteer alumni interviewers

Nine alumni will be recognized by the College admissions office for their long and loyal service in recruiting and interviewing prospective students.

Shared Interest Group events—early fall 2010

Early fall Shared Interest Group events