Students & Alumni
Features on student life and alumni journeys, capturing the spirit, impact, and diversity of the Harvard community.
Harvard Layoffs Continue, with More to Come
In the wake of federal government actions, several Harvard schools and institutes are cutting costs.
by Jonathan Shaw
Harvard Election Results
Harvard Forward gains a fourth seat on the Board of Overseers.
Centennial Medalists 2021
Four alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Net-Zero-Energy Victorian Home Makes History
HBS alumna Betsy Harper develops the first net-zero-energy, Victorian “passive house” in the world.
by Kristina DeMichele
Kevin Young to Address Harvard Alumni Association
The acclaimed poet and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will speak at the annual meeting on June 4—and other graduation-week speakers are announced.
by John S. Rosenberg
A Life in Harmonica
Scott Albert Johnson finds his path.
by Jacob Sweet
Finding Voices
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
“Like Driving at Night”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
Keeping Them Close
A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Vote Now
The Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association director slates
Wisdom of the Sages
Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
by Primus VI