Alumni

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

John Harvard statue beneath a large American flag outside of University Hall

Trump Administration Appeals Order Restoring $2.7 Billion in Funding to Harvard

The appeal, which had been expected, came two days before the deadline to file.

by Jonathan Shaw

Student occupiers in University Hall, 1969

Photographer Tim Carlson focuses on athletes in nature

Photographer Tim Carlson focuses on athletes in nature.

by Steve Potter

Tracy K. Smith

Poet Tracy K. Smith's prose memoir, “Ordinary Light”

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith ’94 crafts a memoir.

Sarah Manguso

Sarah Manguso's Ongoingness asks, why write?

Dissecting her diary, a writer weaponizes solipsism.

by Sophia Nguyen

Algebra, a high-wire act for math phobics, is here rendered clearly, amusingly, and memorably.

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Here lies an eager patriot.

“Love Story” locale, and other passionate pursuits

Love Story locale, and other passionate pursuits

Susanne Daniels and Amy Lippman discuss their careers in television.

Susanne Daniels and Amy Lippman discuss their careers in television

MTV's president of programming and the executive producer of Masters of Sex on their craft

by Laura Levis

2015 Overseer and HAA Director Nominees

The official candidate slates

Martha McSally, M.P.P. ’90, Republican of Arizona, who won her House race on December 17, became the fifth alumna elected to the 114th Congress.

Harvard alumni elected to the 114th Congress

Harvard’s GOP contingent expands in the new Congress.

See you. A much-admired pair of legs and shoes disappear into a window above the shops on Haight Street, San Francisco. The Reichardts have seen it all.

Baez, Dylan, and more vignettes from Harvard’s class of 1964

Baez, Dylan, and more vignettes from Harvard’s class of 1964

A grinning Staropoli celebrates after winning the NAPA Auto Parts 150 in Irwindale, California, last year.

Racer Patrick Staropoli strives for Nascar

A Harvard summa aims for NASCAR.

by Steve Potter