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.
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.”
Pranks in Pusey Library
A retrospective on the Lampoon’s 140 years of mischief
Harvard researchers find evidence of China's Great Flood
Researchers unearth geological evidence to support one of the country’s earliest folk legends.
Novelist Colson Whitehead, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.
Teaching Children to Care
Dina Buchbinder Auron, M.P.A. ’16, uses sports to get children excited about solving global problems.
Justin Cronin ’84’s “The City of Mirrors”
Thanks to Harvard, according to a new fantasy epic by Justin Cronin ’84
Harvard hockey player Bill Keenan writes a memoir
The post-Harvard hockey tales of Bill Keenan
by Bailey Trela
Megan White Mukuria and ZanaAfrica Foundation aid Kenyan girls
An alumna’s novel approach to helping Kenyan tweens