Alumni

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

At Harvard Talk, Retired Supreme Court Justice Breyer Defends Shadow Docket

The current law professor also spoke about affirmative action, partisanship, and the limits of “bright-line rules.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Behavioral “nudges” boost student performance

Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.

by Jonathan Shaw

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer

Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer.

by Jonathan Shaw

Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics

Brief life of a world-changer: 1921-2009

by Eileen McNamara

“Our Towns” highlights a positive force in American life

James ’70 and Deborah Fallows ’71 explore “what the hell is happening in America.”

by Lincoln Caplan

The Bajau fishermen of Indonesia face lifestyle pressures.

In Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.

by Lydialyle Gibson , David Hu

Revisiting Jack Lueders-Booth’s portrait series “Women Prisoners”

The portraits in Jack Lueders-Booth’s 40-year-old series feel even more vivid today.


by Olivia Schwob

“An Academic Life” by Hanna Holborn Gray reviewed

The former University of Chicago president and Harvard Corporation fellow crafts a timely memoir.

by John S. Rosenberg

William Sellers boosts history

William Sellers aims to expose a new generation to America’s origins.

by Nell Porter-Brown

"I want one more shot!": profile of TV writer Nell Scovell

TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.

by Sophia Nguyen

Richard T. Greener statue installed at University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina recognizes its first African-American professor—Richard T. Greener, A.B. 1870.

by Jean Martin