Students & Alumni
Features on student life and alumni journeys, capturing the spirit, impact, and diversity of the Harvard community.
Harvard Retains Winthrop Name
Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming
by Max J. Krupnick
Noir Romantic
Romanticism, a new collection by poet April Bernard, mixes disillusionment with emotion and playfulness.
by David Scribner
Spartan Means, Splendid Spaces
Elizabeth Whittaker’s beautiful buildings look expensive, but aren’t.
by Craig Lambert
Onstage, for Once—Set Designer Derek McLane
Award-winning theatrical set designer Derek McLane ’80 will speak about his work at Harvard on October 14.
Critic of Kennedy School Alumnus Arrested for Embezzlement
Braddock, Pennsylvania, borough manager Ella Jones has been a vocal critic of the town's mayor, John Fetterman, who was profiled in Harvard Magazine.
Random House Wins Standoff
Random House publishers has won a battle with literary agent Andrew Wylie over e-book rights.
Soulfège Video: Sweet Mother
Shot in Ghana, a reinterpretation of the West African classic by a band including Derrick Ashong ’97 and Jonathan Gramling ’98
Afropolitans
The band Soulfège has international sound and a positive message. With a music video.
by Craig Lambert
A Garden of Prose
Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.
The Social Epidemic
Harvard professors and students take aim at the social and behavioral factors that contribute to HIV.
by Elizabeth Gudrais
Francis Cabot Lowell
Brief life of an American entrepreneur: 1775-1817
by Dan Yaeger