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
John Adams as a Harvard student, by Richard Alan Ryerson
What he learned and what he made of it
Brief life of Alan Seeger, poet and soldier in World War I
Brief live of a premonitory poet: 1888-1916
Paul Zeitz established the math-focused Proof School in San Francisco
A private San Francisco middle school and high school nurture a passion for numbers.
by Violet Baron
Brief life of George Bucknam Dorr, a founder of Acadia National Park
Brief life of a persistent conservationist: 1853-1944
Harvard alumna Sarah Alcorn reflects on her life as a private investigator
Boston-based private investigator Sarah Alcorn is “a bit of an oddball in this business.”
Profile of Martin J. Grasso Jr., Harvard Alumni Association president
President Martin J. Grasso boosts alumni volunteerism.
Novelist Colson Whitehead, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.
Harvard hockey player Bill Keenan writes a memoir
The post-Harvard hockey tales of Bill Keenan
by Bailey Trela
Megan White Mukuria and ZanaAfrica Foundation aid Kenyan girls
An alumna’s novel approach to helping Kenyan tweens
Brief life of mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch
Brief life of a mathematician and businessman: 1773-1839