Alumni

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

Mount Vernon, Historic Preservation, and American Politics

Anne Neal Petri promotes George Washington and historic literacy.

by Nell Porter-Brown

To poet Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, abandoned King Island is a potent creative source

For Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, an abandoned island is a potent creative source.

by Melanie Wang

"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" by Amy Wilentz continues her long coverage of Haiti

Amy Wilentz on her “touchstone and central obsession”

by Craig Lambert

Brief life of writer-reformer Edward Everett Hale, by Jeffrey Mifflin

Brief life of a science-minded writer and reformer: 1822-1909

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Cass Sunstein on the constitution in the 21st century

Cass Sunstein and the modern regulatory state

by Lincoln Caplan

Talking with Maureen McLane, author of "This Blue"

The poet and critic talks about her teaching, her writing, and her newest book, This Blue, a finalist for the National Book Award.

by Sophia Nguyen

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

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

Brief life of conservationist John Muir, by Steven Pavlos Holmes

Brief life of a Scottish-American conservationist: 1838-1914

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

Tara Altebrando is the coauthor of "Roomies"

Tara Altebrando ’92 is the coauthor of a timely book.

by Nu Xiong