Students & Alumni

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

International Scholars and Students Targeted—Again

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announces fresh investigation into Harvard’s participation in the Exchange Visitor Program.

by Jonathan Shaw

The Low End Theory

Fred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarship

by Jesse McCarthy

Prodigies’ Progress

Parents and superkids, then and now  

by Ann Hulbert

Priscilla Chan Grants $12 Million for Public Service

A grant for Phillips Brooks House

by John S. Rosenberg

A Transformative Gift of Dutch Drawings

George Abrams ’54, J.D. ’57, donates his collection to the Harvard Art Museums. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

From the Archives: The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead

 A Harvard botanist investigates mystic potions, voodoo rites, and the making of zombies.

by Gino Del Guercio

Father and Son, and E.E. Cummings

What one undergraduate learned

by James C. Beck

The Justice Gap

America’s unfulfilled promise of “equal justice under law”

by Lincoln Caplan

Oenophile Par Excellence

Anne Fadiman ’74 recalls her father, Clifton, in an excerpt from The Wine Lover’s Daughter

Found in Translation

Maureen Freely ’74, longtime translator of Orhan Pamuk, shares the nuances of bringing a text from one language to another.

by Oset Babür

Off the Shelf

Recent books with Harvard connections