Students & Alumni
Features on student life and alumni journeys, capturing the spirit, impact, and diversity of the Harvard community.
A New HAA President at a Tumultuous Time
A career in higher ed inspired Will Makris to give back.
Excerpt from “Off the Charts,” by Ann Hulbert
Parents and superkids, then and now
by Ann Hulbert
Hope and despair, harmony and discord: Jonathan Bailey Holland, profiled
Composer Jonathan Bailey Holland on finding his musical voice
Excerpt from "Slow Medicine: The Way to Healing," by Victoria Sweet, M.D.
A doctor’s take on the destruction of medicine
Sketch artist: profile of SNL veteran Colin Jost
Comedian Colin Jost, from Shouts and Murmurs to Saturday Night Live
by Oset Babür
Dara Horn, author of "Eternal Life," profiled
Dara Horn breathes life into classical Jewish sources.
Chan Zuckerberg grant for Harvard public service
A grant for Phillips Brooks House
A Transformative Gift of Dutch Drawings
George Abrams ’54, J.D. ’57, donates his collection to the Harvard Art Museums.
The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead
A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.
E.E. Cummings and Samuel Beck—a Harvard undergraduate recollection
What one undergraduate learned
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.