Students & Alumni
Features on student life and alumni journeys, capturing the spirit, impact, and diversity of the Harvard community.
Harvard Retains Winthrop Name
Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming
by Max J. Krupnick
The Academic Heights
The former University of Chicago president and Harvard Corporation fellow crafts a timely memoir.
by John S. Rosenberg
Harvesting History
William Sellers aims to expose a new generation to America’s origins.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Overseer and Director Candidates
The official 2018 slates
Gloucester’s Beauport Mansion
A sprawling house museum celebrates decorative arts and the creative spirit of Henry Davis Sleeper.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Harvard Commencement 2018
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Comedy Compulsion
TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.
by Sophia Nguyen
An Imposing Honor for Harvard’s First Black Graduate
The University of South Carolina recognizes its first African-American professor—Richard T. Greener, A.B. 1870.
by Jean Martin
Justice Seeker
Stephen J. Rapp seeks justice for Syrian victims of war crimes.
by Ben Beach
Julian Schwinger, the Singularity
At Jefferson Laboratory, Nobel Prize winners gather to remember one of their own.
by Jonathan Shaw
Young Men on the Field
A Harvard-in-baseball symposium, just before spring training
by Lydialyle Gibson