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
Life Lessons
Expansive CVs, and extracurricular insights
by Primus VI
William Kaelin Wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Kaelin is the forty-ninth Harvard faculty member to win the Nobel.
Is Climate Change Ruining Fall?
Fewer cold nights could mean muted displays of fall color.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Debt Reliever
Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.
by Nina Pasquini
“Kind of Dark and Scary”
Animator Renee Zhan finds self-discovery in strange landscapes.
by S.I. Rosenbaum
A New Way of Being in the World
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s “laser beam” insights into the lives of animals and humans
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
“Harvard Belongs to All of Us”
Harvard Alumni Association president Alice Hill ’81, Ph.D. ’91
by Nell Porter-Brown
Catalyzing Bioengineering
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.
by Jonathan Shaw
Admissions, through the Ages
College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.
by John S. Rosenberg
Throw Your Fastball
A life lesson from Willie Banks
by Chad M. Oldfather