Alumni

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

Getting to Mars (for Real)

Humans have been dreaming of living on the Red Planet for decades. Harvard researchers are on the case.

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard Overseer Election Reforms

Moves to online voting—but raises threshold to petition for a place on the ballot.

by John S. Rosenberg

Paul Zeitz established the math-focused Proof School in San Francisco

A private San Francisco middle school and high school nurture a passion for numbers.

by Violet Baron

Bee hunting with Thomas D. Seeley: an excerpt from "Following the Wild Bees"

Thomas D. Seeley on the craft and science of bee hunting

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections

Spy novelist Joseph Finder, on the guilt and gumption that drive his writing

Joseph Finder makes technology the texture of his new thriller, Guilty Minds.

by Bailey Trela

Harvard alumna Sarah Alcorn reflects on her life as a private investigator

Boston-based private investigator Sarah Alcorn is “a bit of an oddball in this business.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Profile of Martin J. Grasso Jr., Harvard Alumni Association president

President Martin J. Grasso boosts alumni volunteerism.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Club of Boston’s new president and renovations

The Harvard Club of Boston’s makeover, and new president

Harvard alumni leaders honored for volunteer work

Harvard Alumni Association awards honor volunteer service to the University.

Harvard Alumnus Recalls World War II

A member of the class of 1946 on the horrors, and humor, of World War II.

by Primus VI