Students & Alumni

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

Your Views on Harvard’s Standoff, Antisemitism, and More

Readers comment on the controversial July-August cover, authoritarianism, and scientific research.

Harvard University’s 372nd Commencement Exercises

Commencement and Alumni Day logistics

Henry Clarke Warren

Brief life of a Harvard-educated Buddhist scholar: 1854-1899

by David Gauld

How to Adapt to Climate Change

Lessons from Bangkok presented at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

by Jonathan Shaw

Overseer Candidates’ Harvard Priorities

The 2023 nominees detail their experiences and view of Harvard’s challenges and prospects.

by John S. Rosenberg

Overseer and Elected Director 2023 Slates

Candidates for the Board of Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors are announced.

by Nell Porter-Brown

"The Grandfather of Black Basketball"

Edwin Bancroft Henderson and the history behind the Harvard-Howard game

by David L. Tannenwald

Fernando Zóbel-Montojo

Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984

by Felipe Pereda

Restored to Nature

Landscape architect Mikyoung Kim’s healing arts

by Lydialyle Gibson

Raising Her Voice

Singer-songwriter Reid Parsons on the irreplaceable instrument

by Lydialyle Gibson