Alumni

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

Matt Freese ’22 Makes His World Cup Debut

The former economics concentrator brings his talent for crunching numbers to netminding.

by Olivia Farrar

Chan Zuckerberg grant for Harvard public service

A grant for Phillips Brooks House

by John S. Rosenberg

A Transformative Gift of Dutch Drawings

George Abrams ’54, J.D. ’57, donates his collection to the Harvard Art Museums. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead

 A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.

by Gino Del Guercio

Alumni honored for undergraduate admissions work

Alumni are honored for undergraduate admissions work.

Six alumni recognized for long-time volunteer service to the University

Six alumni are recognized for long-time volunteer service to the University.

Brief life of Guy Davenport, a polymathic stylist

Brief life of a polymathic stylist: 1927-2005

by Eric Allen Been

The Legal Services Corporation tackles the “justice gap”

America’s unfulfilled promise of “equal justice under law”

by Lincoln Caplan

Excerpt from “The Wine Lover’s Daughter” by Anne Fadiman

Anne Fadiman ’74 recalls her father, Clifton, in an excerpt from The Wine Lover’s Daughter

Found in Translation

Maureen Freely ’74, longtime translator of Orhan Pamuk, shares the nuances of bringing a text from one language to another.

by Oset Babür