Students & Alumni

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

Harvard’s New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths

A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.

by Jonathan Shaw

A final, post-graduation night at Harvard, recalled one year out

The night after Commencement, one year out

by Noah B. Pisner

Craig Lambert on shadow work

A Harvard Magazine alumnus on the new world of “middle-class serfdom”

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard alumni poem on campus climates

Harvard Alumni Association’s poet laureate on the campus climate in Cambridge—and Palo Alto.

Actress Natalie Portman ’03 named Harvard Class Day speaker 2015

The actress will address the class of 2015 on May 27.

by Laura Levis

Harvard affiliates among the 2015 Pulitzer Prize list of winners and finalists

A Harvard faculty member and several alumni number among the finalists.

Class notes and obituaries for May-June 2015

Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.

Harvard Shared Interest Group spring and Commencement week events

Shared Interest Group gatherings

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

Jazz artist Kavita Shah's border-crossing compositions

Kavita Shah makes music in many idioms.

by Samantha Maldonado