Students & Alumni

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

a couple sitting at a park overlooking the ocean

Harvard Squared | July-August 2025

No More [Lovin’ That] Dirty Water

Enjoying the Boston Harbor’s Renaissance This Summer

by Nell Porter-Brown

Blue Bird-of-Paradise, Tigibi, Tari area

Alumni | January-February 2013

Paradise Found

The dazzling beauty and strangely human behavior of one of the world’s most diverse bird families.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ellen Faran and Gita Manaktala

Alumni | November-December 2012

Press Women

Ellen Faran ’73 and Gita Manaktala ’87 advance knowledge through publishing.

by Katherine Xue

Carl Muller

Alumni | September-October 2012

Stay Connected

Meet Harvard Alumni Association president Carl Muller.

by Nell Porter-Brown

David Jones

John Harvard's Journal | September-October 2012

Harvard Portrait: David Jones

David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, works in both history and medicine.

Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, in Lenox, Massachusetts. The hall opened in 1994. With the “barn door” open, picnickers enjoy a concert.

Features | September-October 2012

Architecture in Concert

William Rawn’s designs begin not with the eye, but the ear.

by Craig Lambert

Ronald Reagan wrote in his presidential diary for September 12, 1988: “Then a briefing for a pleasant interview which took place at 11:30 with Warren Brooks [sic] my favorite Ec. columnist.”

Features | September-October 2012

Vita: Warren Brookes

Brief life of a “pneumatic” journalist: 1929-1991

by Charles G. Kels

Kathy Perkins

Alumni | July-August 2012

Science Simulator

Kathy Perkins ’92 fosters science education.

by Katherine Xue

John West with his children—Georgia (20 months), Jack (8 years), and Danny (5 years)—at-hand audience members for, and friendly critics of, The Whistle

Alumni | July-August 2012

The Whistle

An entrepreneur’s multimedia ESPN for kids, “the next generation of sports fans”

by Nell Porter-Brown

For 15 years, William Francis Gibbs greeted the SS <i>United States</i> every time the liner he had designed arrived in New York City.

Features | July-August 2012

Vita: William Francis Gibbs

Brief life of America’s greatest naval architect: 1886-1967

by Steven Ujifusa

Deborah Smullyan

Students & Alumni |

The Last Word

Obituaries editor Deborah Smullyan ’72 in the spotlight