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

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Honors 2015 Centennial Medalists

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honors four distinguished alumni.

Harvard alumni win awards for outstanding service

Five alumni are honored for their contributions to the University.

Online guide Olivia Gentile helps explain The Grandparent Effect

Author Olivia Gentile goes digital in her new project.

by Olivia Munk

Singer Candice Hoyes reinterprets Duke Ellington songs in new jazz album

Singer Candice Hoyes reinterprets Duke Ellington songs in her new album On a Turquoise Cloud.

by Laura Levis

Harvard ceramicist Christopher Adams and his thousands of clay critters

Christopher Adams brings ceramics to life (or vice versa).

by Olivia Schwob

Brief life of oceanographer Mary Sears, by Peter Denton

Brief life of an oceanographer and patriot: 1905-1997

by Peter Denton

The economics of a Boston Olympics analyzed

An economic analyst of sports dissects the assumptions behind Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympics.

by Andrew Zimbalist

T.S. Eliot as a Harvard student

A rediscovery of the emerging poet

by Adam Kirsch