Students & Alumni
Features on student life and alumni journeys, capturing the spirit, impact, and diversity of the Harvard community.
Your Guide to Summer 2025 Along Boston Harbor
Enjoying Boston Harbor’s Renaissance this summer
Children's-book author Nancy Churnin is profiled
Nancy Churnin’s picture-book biographies for children span time and space.
by Sanya Sagar
Brief life of Henry Chapman Mercer, innovative ceramicist
Brief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930
Critic and poet Fred Moten, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Fred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarship
Excerpt from “Off the Charts,” by Ann Hulbert
Parents and superkids, then and now
by Ann Hulbert
Brief life of Guy Davenport, a polymathic stylist
Brief life of a polymathic stylist: 1927-2005
Found in Translation
Maureen Freely ’74, longtime translator of Orhan Pamuk, shares the nuances of bringing a text from one language to another.
by Oset Babür
Harvard professor Stephanie Burt on becoming co-poetry editor at “The Nation”
Stephanie Burt ’94 is the kind of poetry critic who provokes anger in other poetry critics.
"Bunk" review: Kevin Young surveys American culture, from circuses to con men
From the Missouri Compromise to the 2016 election, Kevin Young's Bunk takes stock of American hoaxes, con men, and race fantasies.
by Niela Orr
Utah activist Bill Hedden reflects on 40 years of conservation work
A Utah activist reflects on 40 years of land conservation—and what’s coming next.
Composer Ashley Fure unleashes her visceral opera “The Force of Things”
Composer Ashley Fure wants people to listen to noise.