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.

Saving Lives in Ukraine

Brooks Newmark ’80 evacuates women, children, and the elderly with his “Dunkirk-like fleet” of humanitarian buses.

by Gordon F. Sander

America’s Riven Politics

 A Harvard Magazine Q & A with Evan Osnos ’98, author of Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury

Harvard Launches Science and Engineering Startup Program

The Grid will provide funding, mentoring, educational programming, and dedicated workspace to support startups from Harvard labs.  

by Jonathan Shaw

A Long Night's Journey in Palestine

William Tamplin, Ph.D. ’20,  on the lyricism and secrecy of an Arabic literary pioneer 

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Anyone Can Be an Activist”

Alumni get involved in politics.

by Isabel Mehta

Truer than Reality

Kevin Kallaugher on the art of editorial cartooning

by Dan Kelly

Freedom from Food

A lifelong struggle with body image led Juna Gjata to podcasting.

by Jacob Sweet

Is the Supreme Court’s Role Undemocratic?

Justice Felix Frankfurter, to great controversy, said yes.

by Lincoln Caplan

Making Art Work

David Andersson’s quest to reshape the public realm

by Nell Porter-Brown

Alumni Interviewers Honored

Miller-Hunn Awards announcement