Alumni

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

Is the Press Still Free?

A Harvard alumni panel discusses New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and threats to journalists today.

by Olivia Farrar

From academia to art: profile of Nell Painter

Nell Painter reflects on leaving the ivory tower for art school at age 64.

by Olivia Schwob

“The Black Clown” by Langston Hughes is set to music

An oratorio adapted from Langston Hughes

by Sophia Nguyen

Casey Cep reviews “These Truths: A History of the United States,” by Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore excavates the history of America, down to its bedrock values.

by Casey N. Cep

“Rebellious Lawyering” author Gerald López: a profile

Gerald López’s radical theory—and practice

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Alumni Association president Margaret Wang

New HAA president Margaret Wang ’09

by Nell Porter-Brown

2018 Hiram Hunn Award winners

The admissions office honors alumni volunteers.

2018 Harvard Alumni Association Award winners

The 2018 Harvard Alumni Association Award winners

Laura van den Berg and “The Third Hotel”

In Laura van den Berg’s fiction, the deeply strange is ordinary.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Ladders, Squirrels, and Reproductive Rights

A graduate’s foray into the “real world” of fringe theater

by Olivia Munk

Amelie Chai of SPiNE, an architect in Myanmar

Practicing architecture in Myanmar

by Sanya Sagar