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.

by Nell Porter-Brown

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.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Pranks in Pusey Library

A retrospective on the Lampoon’s 140 years of mischief

by Aidan Langston

Harvard researchers find evidence of China's Great Flood

Researchers unearth geological evidence to support one of the country’s earliest folk legends.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Novelist Colson Whitehead, profiled by Jesse McCarthy

Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.

by Jesse McCarthy

Teaching Children to Care

Dina Buchbinder Auron, M.P.A. ’16, uses sports to get children excited about solving global problems.

by Aidan Langston

Justin Cronin ’84’s “The City of Mirrors”

Thanks to Harvard, according to a new fantasy epic by Justin Cronin ’84

by Grayson Clary

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

by Olivia Campbell

Harvard Commencement’s oldest attendees

The oldest graduates at Commencement

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists of 2016

Honorands whose contributions to society emerged from graduate study