Alumni
Explore Harvard alumni stories, news, and achievements—covering reunions, profiles, and the global impact of Harvard graduates.
Jack Reardon and Walter Cabot, Remembered
Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion
by Primus VI
Playwright Bess Wohl: a profile
Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
Cellist Laurence Lesser is profiled
A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning
Harvard degree-program affiliates in the 116th Congress
Degree-program affiliates now number 53, with 15 in the Senate and 38 in the House.
A winter’s trip to Portland, Maine
Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”
David Elliott leaves WHRB board
Harvard radio station’s long-time chairman David Elliott ’64 steps down.
Boston’s seasonal arts events
Boston’s open studios, holiday craft fairs, and more
Shane McCrae: the poet and his work
The propulsive intensity of Shane McCrae’s poetry
Philip Johnson biography by Mark Lamster reviewed by Spencer Lee Lenfield
A “star-chitect” as P.T. Barnum
Jill Vialet and Playworks
Social entrepreneur Jill Vialet ’86 on “positive chaos” and fixing recess
Jim Merriner, Alaskan school superintendent, is profiled
In rural Alaska, Jim Merriner runs a school district with a major educational footprint across the state.
by Shane Brodie