Alumni

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

A man in a tuxedo gestures while holding an award on a stage.

Graduates John Lithgow, Bill Rauch, and Bess Wohl took home prizes on Sunday night.

by Schuyler Velasco

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Commencement week calendar

Commencement week calendar

Harvard 2014 Commencement details

Instructions for degree candidates and others for Thursday, May 29

Walking ramps and other accommodations are provided for visitors with disabilities.

Visitors with disabilities can opt for aid during Harvard Commencement

Disabilities are accommodated at Harvard Commencement

Shared Interest Group events during Commencement week

Shared Interest Group events during Commencement week

Class notes and obituaries for May-June 2014

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

Photograph by Christopher S. Johnson

What mortarboards hide, and news of centenarian Clarence M. Agress

On the uses of mortarboards, and a centenarian’s update

In his Cambridge studio, Childs makes about six violins a year.

Bob Childs makes world-class violins

Bob Childs makes world-class violins.

by Laura Levis

Dramatic even in his student days: Leonard Bernstein at the piano in 1936

The letters of Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein’s life, in his letters

by Carol Oja

2014 candidates for Harvard Overseer and HAA elected directors

2014 candidates for Harvard Overseer and HAA elected directors

Lissa Young fosters open discussions about love and sexuality during a psychology class for freshmen cadets at West Point.

Lissa Young: back at West Point, after Don't Ask, Don't Tell ended her career

An alumna chooses “the harder right.”

by Nell Porter-Brown