Alumni

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

Harvard Alumni Win Two 2026 Nobel Prizes

Karl Deisseroth revolutionized neuroscience. Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has adjudicated cases in international courts concerning genocide.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Opera director Sarah Meyers, profiled by Jennifer Gersten

Opera director Sarah Meyers doesn’t want you to notice everything.

by Jennifer Gersten

Shane McCrae: the poet and his work

The propulsive intensity of Shane McCrae’s poetry

by Lydialyle Gibson

Jill Vialet and Playworks

Social entrepreneur Jill Vialet ’86 on “positive chaos” and fixing recess

by Nell Porter-Brown

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

Historic hod, Henry Kissinger, and more

Messenger from the past

by Primus VI

Alexis Sandler, associate general counsel at MoMA: a profile

Solving legal challenges at MoMA

by Sanya Sagar

The Harvard class of 1957 offers recollections and reflections

Recollections and Reflections from the Harvard class of 1957—a benchmark reunion project

Arne Duncan at Harvard Institute of Politics

Arne Duncan ’86 discusses education, politics, and Harvard basketball at the Institute of Politics.

by David L. Tannenwald

William Morris Davis

Brief life of William Morris Davis, pioneering geomorphologist

by Philip S. Koch