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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Online guide Olivia Gentile helps explain The Grandparent Effect

Author Olivia Gentile goes digital in her new project.

by Olivia Munk

Singer Candice Hoyes reinterprets Duke Ellington songs in new jazz album

Singer Candice Hoyes reinterprets Duke Ellington songs in her new album On a Turquoise Cloud.

by Laura Levis

Brief life of oceanographer Mary Sears, by Peter Denton

Brief life of an oceanographer and patriot: 1905-1997

by Peter Denton

T.S. Eliot as a Harvard student

A rediscovery of the emerging poet

by Adam Kirsch

Opower's Alex Laskey and Daniel Yates want to transform the electric industry

Opower works with electrical utilities to help curb energy consumption.

by Nell Porter-Brown

How a Harvard farrier spends her days

How a farrier spends her days

by Nell Porter-Brown

Racer Patrick Staropoli strives for Nascar

A Harvard summa aims for NASCAR.

by Steve Potter

To poet Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, abandoned King Island is a potent creative source

For Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, an abandoned island is a potent creative source.

by Melanie Wang

"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" by Amy Wilentz continues her long coverage of Haiti

Amy Wilentz on her “touchstone and central obsession”

by Craig Lambert