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

David Kwong does magic and builds crossword puzzles

David Kwong has a trick that’s all his own.

by Qichen Zhang

Brian Buckley ’90 runs the Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Café

The Innisfree Poetry Bookstore and Café in Boulder, Colorado, sells beverages, pastries, and poetry—nothing else.

Salad restaurateur Erin Wade ’03 shares photos and two recipes

Erin Wade's special dressing recipes are sure to whet your appetite.

Chung To quit Wall Street to sponsor schooling for China's AIDS orphans

Chung To quit Wall Street to sponsor schooling for 
China’s "blood orphans."

by Marilyn Chase

Muralist David Fichter

David Fichter paints outdoor murals that teem with life.

Singer-cardiologist Suzie Brown

Singer-songwriter Suzie Brown, a cardiologist by training, has just released her first CD.

by Kevin Hartnett

Profile of Janny Scott, author of "A Singular Woman"

Janny Scott '77 introduces Barack Obama's mother to a wider audience.

by Maya E. Shwayder

Carl Schoonover and "Portraits of the Mind" merge science and aesthetics

Carl Schoonover ’06 merges science and aesthetics.

by Sarah Zhang

Peter Der Manuelian is Harvard's resident Egyptologist

Meet Harvard's resident Egyptologist.