Students & Alumni

Features on student life and alumni journeys, capturing the spirit, impact, and diversity of the Harvard community.

International Scholars and Students Targeted—Again

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces fresh investigation into Harvard’s participation in the Exchange Visitor Program.

by Jonathan Shaw

Unconventional Venture Capital

The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.

by Jonathan Shaw

Due Process

Jeannie Suk Gersen on the law, trauma, and “the rhetoric of believing”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Elizabeth Bangs Bryant

Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist

by Reed Gochberg

Attention to Detail

Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Lone Star Saga

Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Encounters at the Border

Photographer Morgan Smith ’60 documents life on the precarious precipice between Mexico and the United States.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Forward Candidates Gain Place on Overseers’ Ballot

For the second consecutive year, petitioners have qualified to be candidates in the Board of Overseers election.

by John S. Rosenberg

Prospective Overseers State Their Views

Responses to Harvard Magazine’s questionnaire about the University’s challenges and opportunities—and Overseers’ role in leading the institution forward

by John S. Rosenberg

U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik Removed from IOP Advisory Committee

“Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election that have no basis in evidence,” Harvard Kennedy School dean Doug Elmendorf wrote. 

Another Competitive Overseers’ Election Takes Shape

Nominating committee slate announced, as Harvard Forward slate seeks petition signatures.

by John S. Rosenberg