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

An Overseers Challenge Slate—and More on Fossil-Fuel Divestment

Young alumni and others advance an agenda of governance change and divestment from fossil-fuel investments.

Debating Divestment in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

A formal, docketed discussion as proponents of divestment intensify their campaign 

by John S. Rosenberg

Seeking a Flag-Bearer!

Who’ll carry the traditionalists’ Little Red Flag?

William Monroe Trotter

Brief life of a black radical: 1872-1934

by Kerri K. Greenidge

The Way of the Critic

A.O. Scott on watching and reviewing a lot of movies

by Craig Lambert

Comedy Is Magic

For Harrison Greenbaum, it began with “Pick a card….”

by Lydialyle Gibson

“A Melodic Being”

Singer Ali Sethi finds his voice in classical Pakistani music.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Back to the Future

Promoting craftsmanship and agrarian skills in an idyllic New Hampshire setting

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Miller-Hunn Award Winners

Honoring outstanding alumni interviewers for the College

2019 HAA Award Recipients

For outstanding service to the University