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

Guilt-Free Childbirth

Strong words from a combatant in the childbirth wars

Teach a Man to Fish

How Gloucester’s Russell Sherman got hooked

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard Medalists

For “extraordinary service to the University”

The Senior Alumni

The oldest graduates at Commencement

Centennial Medalists

Honorands whose contributions to society emerged from graduate study

Scene 1, Take 2

Harvard goes Hollywood for Commencement, with sunny scenery, but sober talk.

Chao Center Dedicated at HBS

Dignitaries help celebrate the new building’s opening day.

by Aidan Langston

Broad Institute Researchers Find New Method to Edit RNA

Feng Zhang ’04 and his team build on previous discoveries in editing DNA.

by Aidan Langston

Harvard’s 2016 Honorary-Degree Recipients

The University confers honorary degrees on six men and three women.

by John S. Rosenberg