Alumni

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

Collage of professional headshots, labeled "Board of Overseers" and "Board of Directors."

Harvard Elects New Overseers, HAA Directors

Leaders for the governing board and alumni association were chosen by an alumni vote.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Michael Fabiano in the Associated Press newsroom

Making the 2020 Election Call

The AP’s Michael Fabiano on the 2020 election

by Jacob Sweet

Ross Douthat standing in a wooded park

Ross Douthat’s conservative conservatism, a profile by Lydialyle Gibson

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval

by Lydialyle Gibson

Portrait photograph of a middle-aged Lorenzo Tañada as a Philippine senator

Lorenzo Tañada

Brief life of a Philippine patriot: 1898-1992

by Christopher Capozzola

A California hillside burns

Can solar geoengineering slow climate change?

Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term fallout

by Jonathan Shaw

Black and white photo of a group of Vietnamese children, titled “Schoolchildren Playing Cards”

Photographer Mark Erickson’s street scenes of 1990s Vietnam

Photographer Mark Erickson on the Vietnam he never knew

by Dan Kelly

Dan Chiasson at home in front of a “sometimes delightful, sometimes disturbing” mural by David Teng Olsen, which appears in The Math Campers.

Dan Chiasson's Poetry and Criticism

Poet-critic Dan Chiasson and The Math Campers

by Lydialyle Gibson

Illustration of bearded farmer, from anthology of Yiddish children’s literature

Excerpt from Mirim Udel’s book “Honey on the Page”

Miriam Udel’s passion for children and Yiddish children’s literature

Photograph of Louisa Thomas standing outside

Profile of Louisa Thomas, “New Yorker” sports critic

Louisa Thomas takes a different view.

by Jacob Sweet

Photo portraits of the 2020 Miller-Hunn Award winners

Miller-Hunn Awards 2020

The College Admissions Office’s 2020 Miller-Hunn Award winners

Portrait photos of HAA Award winners

2020 HAA Award winners

Six alumni are honored for significant volunteer service.