Students & Alumni

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

Harvard Adopts Reforms as Higher Ed Turmoil Continues

University creates new “interfaith engagement” role; Columbia, Brown settle with the government.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Excerpt from Alexandra Petri, "A Field Guide to Awkward Silences"

A Harvard humorist reveals her superpower.

"mathematics without apologies," by Michael Harris, reviewed by Avner Ash

Two practitioners consider the enterprise of pure mathematics.

by Avner Ash

Addressing human needs at the base of the economic pyramid

Addressing human needs at the base of the economic pyramid through private enterprise

by John S. Rosenberg

The perfect pitch of filmmaker Andrew Bujalski

The perfect pitch of filmmaker Andrew Bujalski

by Sophia Nguyen

Catherine Brekus, Harvard historian, studies women religious leaders

A Harvard Divinity School specialist on women in early America 

by Sophia Nguyen

175 Candles

The Harvard Alumni Association celebrates its founding.

New Harvard Alumni Association president Paul L. Choi

A short profile of Paul L. Choi, the new president of the Harvard Alumni Association 

by Nell Porter-Brown

How Jim Connor got to Harvard, and Isadore Zarakov’s home run

How Jim Connor got to Harvard, and Isadore Zarakov’s home run

Talking with Mia Alvar, author of “In the Country”

The fiction writer talks about her short-story collection, In the Country.

by Sophia Nguyen

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Adds Five to Computer Science Faculty

Ballmer gift enables rapid expansion of computer science at the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

by Jonathan Shaw