Students & Alumni

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

No More [Lovin’ That] Dirty Water

Enjoying the Boston Harbor’s Renaissance This Summer

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Outsiders’ Insider

Turning the Black List into a business, to modernize Hollywood’s dream machine

by Sophia Nguyen

Teach a Man to Fish

How Gloucester’s Russell Sherman got hooked

by Nell Porter-Brown

Potholes, Pensions, and Politics

Houston’s new mayor, HLS alumnus Sylvester Turner, promises a “transformative” tenure.

by Michael Hardy

Champ Lyons

Brief life of an innovative surgeon: 1907-1965

by Martin L. Dalton , Laurence A. Lyons

Mexico Debates Marijuana

A new lead on stemming drug-related violence in Mexico

by Lydialyle Gibson

Encouraging Esperanto

Ruth Kevess-Cohen ’78 is boosting the international language online.

by Olivia Campbell

Parachute Specialist

Job counselor Dick Bolles ’50 keeps “chugging away.”

by Bailey Trela

Rhetoric and Law

The double life of Richard Posner, America’s most contentious legal reformer

by Lincoln Caplan

Street Doctor

James O’Connell has spent 30 years caring for the homeless.

Chronicler of Two Americas

Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.

by Christoph Irmscher