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 Joy of Mentoring—From Thousands of Miles Away

Stephen Ball, J.D. ’10, was mentoring a bright high-school student in New York. Then, he got a job offer in California. 

by Stephen Ball

“Fake News” and the Post-Trump Media

Boston Review editor Joshua Cohen on the role of the media after Trump. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Final-Club Fissures

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences remains sharply divided about sanctions and multiple, conflicting goals.

by John S. Rosenberg

Personal Information in the Digital Age

Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.

by Jonathan Shaw

The Lawyer Librettist

In the “final phase” of her life, Cerise Lim Jacobs builds herself an oeuvre.

by Sophia Nguyen

The Happy Misanthrope

A playwright making those overlooked by history into lore

by Olivia Schwob

Reports from the “New America”

Latino-American journalist Julio Ricardo Varela

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Women's Weekend

Harvard’s first University-wide Women’s Weekend

The “Scandalous Mansion”

Preserving Boston’s unique Ayer Mansion

by Nell Porter-Brown

Faculty Does Not Vote on Final-Club Sanctions

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will extend its contentious deliberations into the spring semester.

by John S. Rosenberg