Students & Alumni
Features on student life and alumni journeys, capturing the spirit, impact, and diversity of the Harvard community.
Highlighting Harvard Magazine’s Fellows
The 2025-2026 Ledecky and Summer Undergraduate Fellows
A World War I Harvard aviator, plus a Game-worthy car buff and his wheels
A World War I Harvard aviator, plus a Game-worthy car buff and his wheels
Saxophonist John Payne teaches ensembles, jazz, and improvisation
Rejecting the “tyranny of competence,” John Payne helps musicians bloom.
James Laughlin at Harvard, by Ian S. MacNiven, from LITERCHOOR IS MY BEAT
James Laughlin’s transit to Harvard and Europe—and pioneering literary publishing
Brief life of conservationist John Muir, by Steven Pavlos Holmes
Brief life of a Scottish-American conservationist: 1838-1914
Harvard Kennedy School Dean David Ellwood steps down
The Harvard Kennedy School’s leader will conclude his service at the end of the academic year.
Harvard Center for European Studies scholar writes new book on the Berlin Wall
A scholar at the Center for European Studies traces the unexpected causes of the opening of divided Berlin.
Harvard remembers Peter Gomes in Memorial Minute
The late Pusey minister in Memorial Church is memorialized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Harvard Faculty member, three alumni win MacArthur genius grants
Professor Lurie and graduates Eberhardt, Oppenheimer, and Gentry are awarded $625,000 fellowships.
“The Roosevelts,” and Harvard
Historian Geoffrey Ward provides a Crimson backdrop for the new Ken Burns miniseries.
Class notes and obituaries for September-October 2014
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