Alumni

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

The Tragic Wartime Life of a Promising Black Harvard Scholar

A new book sheds light on Reed Peggram.

by Ethelene Whitmire

Bob Egan traces the places of pop icons

Bob Egan finds the original venues of iconic images.

by Craig Lambert

Jennifer Rubell's edible and tactile art, events, and happenings

Jennifer Rubell makes art to touch, crawl into, or even drink and eat.

by Craig Lambert

Cookbook author “Doc” Willoughby ’70 talks grilling and writing

Cookbook author “Doc” Willoughby ’70 makes a Thai-inspired sauce.

Profile of Rachel Cox, author of the World War II history "Into Dust and Fire"

Rachel Cox ’74 pays written tribute to an uncle and his friends with Into Dust and Fire: Five Young Americans Who Went First to Fight the Nazi Army.

by Jean Martin

Profile of Little Rock Central High School teacher George West

George West ’72 and his students foster oral history at Little Rock Central High.

by Isabel Ruane

Wildlife photographer Tim Laman documents 39 species of the Birds-of-Paradise

The dazzling beauty and strangely human behavior of one of the world’s most diverse bird families.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ellen Faran and Gita Manaktala of MIT Press

Ellen Faran ’73 and Gita Manaktala ’87 advance knowledge through publishing.

by Katherine Xue

New Harvard Alumni Association president Carl Muller

Meet Harvard Alumni Association president Carl Muller.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Short profile of David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine

David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, works in both history and medicine.

Architect William Rawn, who designs buildings for the public realm, is profiled

William Rawn’s designs begin not with the eye, but the ear.

by Craig Lambert