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

Seeing the Ice

Hockey champion A.J. Mleczko in the broadcast booth

by Lydialyle Gibson

Echoes of 1969

Recalling a time of trial, and its continuing resonances

This Year’s Overseer and HAA Director Candidates

The official nominees for 2019 are announced.

Tracy K. Smith Named Harvard Arts Medalist

 The U.S. poet laureate will be honored on May 2. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Grace Notes

Why the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell home

by Erick Trickey

Artistic Capital

In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value

by Samantha Culp

“Here and Then Gone”

Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Once Again, with Feeling

A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning

by Nell Porter-Brown

Crimson on Capitol Hill: 116th

Degree-program affiliates now number 53, with 15 in the Senate and 38 in the House.