Alumni

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

A smiling elderly man in glasses sits comfortably in a striped armchair.

Jack Reardon and Walter Cabot, Remembered

In June, the Harvard community lost two titans who helped bring the University into the modern era. 

by Primus VI

At Home with Harvard: Pride Month

At Home with Harvard: Pride Month

Stories on LGBTQ life, research, and history at Harvard

Karen Chee holding a flower to her face

Profile of comedian Karen Chee

Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.

by Jacob Sweet

Author Gabrielle Zevin seated on a sofa in Los Angeles with her dog Nico

Author Gabrielle Zevin profiled by Nell Porter Brown

A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

2020 Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Headed to the other Cambridge  

Photos of three Harvard Medalists

2020 Harvard Medalists

For extraordinary service to the University

Pictured are Stephen Cook, Albert Fishlow, Helen Vendler, and Margaret Kivelson

2020 GSAS Centennial Medalists

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ honorands

Photograph of Nelson Mandela receiving honorary degree and University Marshal Rick Hunt

Dr. Fauci, social distance, and a campus without people

Campus and Commencement without people, social distance, Dr. Fauci, and a meaningful password

by Primus VI

The cast of "The Hot Wing King"

Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life

Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life

by Stuart Miller

Photograph of composer Paul Moravec

Paul Moravec’s soulful music

Paul Moravec’s soulful music

by Lydialyle Gibson

Ceridwen Dovey’s “Life After Truth”

How Harvard reunions are cast in Ceridwen Dovey’s Life After Truth

by Nell Porter-Brown