Alumni

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

An image of three of the fellows from the Radcliffe Institute selected to be 2026-2027 fellows

Radcliffe Institute Announces 2026-2027 Fellows

Scholars will tap Harvard’s intellectual resources during the coming academic year.

by Olivia Farrar

Parkman circa 1890. His vocation and avocation, history and horticulture, both sprang from his passion for nature and “the American forest.”

Brief life of America’s epic historian Francis Parkman, by Castle Freeman

Brief life of America’s epic historian: 1823-1893

Harvard Alumni for Mental Health: Snapshot of a SIG

The Harvard Alumni for Mental Health Shared Interest Group

Class notes and obituaries for July-August 2014

Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.

Robert Gardner in his Cambridge home, October 2013

Filmmaker Robert Gardner Dies at 88

The anthropological filmmaker founded the Harvard Film Study Center.

John Adams

John Adams’s “Klinghoffer” at Met prompts new controversy

The Metropolitan Opera cancelled plans to broadcast the opera The Death of Klinghoffer, by John Adams.

The bucolic Essex River property Cogswell’s Grant, named for the 1636 royal grant given to John Cogswell, is now a house museum open to the public.

Cogswell's Grant, an Historic New England property, offers American artifacts

Early American artifacts help animate history.

by Nell Porter-Brown

In the e-book version of <i>Macbeth,</i> the witches&rsquo; dark mischief unfolds beside the text.

Shakespeare e-books link text with new performances

New e-books bring Shakespeare to life.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photographs taken at the Peabody Terrace Children&rsquo;s Center during the last five decades reveal the timelessness of children&rsquo;s play and their love of the outdoors.

Harvard daycare center history

Peabody Terrace Children’s Center celebrates a golden anniversary.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Philip W. Lovejoy

Philip W. Lovejoy named executive director of Harvard Alumni Association

Harvard Alumni Association director Philip W. Lovejoy

Clockwise from top left: Anand G. Mahindra, J. Louis Newell, Emily Rauh Pulitzer, John P. Reardon Jr.

Harvard alumni win awards for outstanding service

Four alumni are honored for their contributions to the University.