Alumni
Explore Harvard alumni stories, news, and achievements—covering reunions, profiles, and the global impact of Harvard graduates.
Harvard Law School Announces $31.4 Million Donation
The school’s largest-ever gift comes after a year of record fundraising.
“Gorey’s World” at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Broadsheet Coffee Roasters in Cambridge—the brainchild of Aaron MacDougall
An antidote to Starbucksification?
Profile of photography curator Makeda Best
Focusing on the Harvard Art Museums’ new photography curator
Development leader departs, undergraduate ed dean steps down, and more
Development leader departs, undergraduate ed dean steps down, and more
Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention
Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.
Bryan Stevenson on the Evolution of White Supremacy
“I don’t think slavery ended in 1865 —I think it just evolved. I think it turned into decades of terrorism and violence and lynching.”
Brief life of Henry Chapman Mercer, innovative ceramicist
Brief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930
Critic and poet Fred Moten, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Fred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarship
Excerpt from “Off the Charts,” by Ann Hulbert
Parents and superkids, then and now
by Ann Hulbert
Hope and despair, harmony and discord: Jonathan Bailey Holland, profiled
Composer Jonathan Bailey Holland on finding his musical voice