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
Harvard Commencement 2018
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Behavioral “nudges” boost student performance
Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer
Using precision medicine, Harvard researchers target cancer.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics
Brief life of a world-changer: 1921-2009
“Our Towns” highlights a positive force in American life
James ’70 and Deborah Fallows ’71 explore “what the hell is happening in America.”
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.
“An Academic Life” by Hanna Holborn Gray reviewed
The former University of Chicago president and Harvard Corporation fellow crafts a timely memoir.
"I want one more shot!": profile of TV writer Nell Scovell
TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.
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