Students & Alumni
Features on student life and alumni journeys, capturing the spirit, impact, and diversity of the Harvard community.
No More [Lovin’ That] Dirty Water
Enjoying the Boston Harbor’s Renaissance This Summer
by Nell Porter-Brown
Vita: Edward Everett Hale
Brief life of a science-minded writer and reformer: 1822-1909
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The Legal Olympian
Cass Sunstein and the modern regulatory state
by Lincoln Caplan
A Conversation with Maureen McLane ’89
The poet and critic talks about her teaching, her writing, and her newest book, This Blue, a finalist for the National Book Award.
by Sophia Nguyen
Forward, March
Post-9/11 veterans find new ways to serve at home.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Iconoclastic Music Educator
Rejecting the “tyranny of competence,” John Payne helps musicians bloom.
by Craig Lambert
Yearning to Escape
James Laughlin’s transit to Harvard and Europe—and pioneering literary publishing
Vita: John Muir
Brief life of a Scottish-American conservationist: 1838-1914
by Steven Pavlos Holmes
An Expert on Sharing
Tara Altebrando ’92 is the coauthor of a timely book.
by Nu Xiong
“Global Charge”
A Harvard alumna starts her own project aimed at global gender justice.
by Nell Porter-Brown
HAA’s New Helmsman
Harvard Alumni Association director Philip W. Lovejoy