Alumni

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

A man in a tuxedo gestures while holding an award on a stage.

Graduates John Lithgow, Bill Rauch, and Bess Wohl took home prizes on Sunday night.

by Schuyler Velasco

Johnson plays his harmonica with the Boston Pops orchestra behind him.

Singer, songwriter, harmonica player Scott Albert Johnson

Scott Albert Johnson finds his path.

by Jacob Sweet

Portrait photograph of Marilyn Booth

Arabic translator Marilyn Booth

Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Portrait photograph of Maggie Shipstead

Novelist Maggie Shipstead and “Great Circle”

Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel

by Dan Kelly

Pediatrician Eileen Costello stands next to the Boston Medical Center’s mobile pediatric clinic.

Pediatrician Eileen Costello, profiled by Nell Porter Brown

A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Overseer and alumni association candidates

The Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association director slates

Photograph of Harvard economist Martin Feldstein

Wilbur Cross, Martin Feldstein, and Charles William Eliot

Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles

by Primus VI

a hat made of jaguar pelt

Dr. Jeffries balloons across the Channel

Two explorers strip to stay aloft.

by Jacob Sweet

Andrew Rueb speaks to members of his team.

Harvard men’s tennis head coach Andrew Rueb

Andrew Rueb’s experience on the professional tennis circuit informs his coaching.

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of entrance to Loeb House, where Harvard governing boards convene

Harvard Overseer Balloting Begins

The annual election of Overseers and alumni association directors is under way.

by John S. Rosenberg

Several Harvard Computers and Radcliffe students pose for a photograph together, seated at desks and sitting on the floor

Bringing the Stars to Light

Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.

by Lydialyle Gibson