Students & Alumni
Features on student life and alumni journeys, capturing the spirit, impact, and diversity of the Harvard community.
Harvard President Alan Garber Helps First-Years Move In
As a potential settlement with the Trump administration looms, Garber gets students settled.
Wildlife photographer Tim Laman documents 39 species of the Birds-of-Paradise
The dazzling beauty and strangely human behavior of one of the world’s most diverse bird families.
Social justice activists and entrepreneurs follow their own paths
Young activists live their beliefs—"every day"
Ben Loory writes short, quirky stories
Ben Loory's minimalist stories ambush the reader.
by David Updike
George Howe Colt's new book "Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History"
In Brothers: On His Brothers and Brothers in History, George Howe Colt offers autobiography and biography both.
Unrelated tropical cuckoos find safety sharing a communal nest
The breeding behavior of tropical cuckoos, in which unrelated adults share a communal nest, proves an exception to the theory of kin selection.
Harvard affiliates in the 113th Congress November 2012
A roundup of alumni winners
Campaign co-chair Glenn Hutchins donates $30-million to Harvard house renewal
Glenn Hutchins ’77, J.D.-M.B.A. ’83, co-chair of FAS campaign, makes a $30-million gift.
Four Freedoms Park dedicated in New York City to Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The New York City site is the first memorial to the president in his home state.
The wealth and fall of David and Jackie Siegel: a documentary
A documentary film turns a lens on the “1 percenters.”
by Laura Levis
Art installation by Peter Agoos at Boston's Fort Point Channel
Peter Agoos ’75 brightened Boston’s public art scene this summer.