Students & Alumni

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

Harvard’s Hiring Freeze Continues

University Leaders Say $1 Billion Per Year Is At Risk Due to Federal Actions

by Vivian W. Rong

Likenesses

A Civil War image and an Empire State Building homage

by Primus VI

The Conservative

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval

by Lydialyle Gibson

Lorenzo Tañada

Brief life of a Philippine patriot: 1898-1992

by Christopher Capozzola

Controlling the Global Thermostat

Coming to terms with climate change’s relentless, long-term fallout

by Jonathan Shaw

Finding Other Streets

Photographer Mark Erickson on the Vietnam he never knew

by Dan Kelly

At Home with Harvard: Sounds of Music

A selection of our stories on musicians, composers, conductors, music scholars, and more 

At Home with Harvard: Remarkable Alumni

Some Harvard matriculants really took the road less traveled. 

Off the Ice, Onto the Screen

Bill Keenan ’09 brings his first book onto the screen. 

by Gary Santaniello

Insurgent Election

Harvard Forward divestment advocates win three Board of Overseers seats—and other results from alumni voting.

by John S. Rosenberg

Museums, Making Their Way

Pandemic perspectives from the Getty and the Harvard Art Museums—and art’s role in refreshing “the dialogue with other human beings”

by Caroline Engelmayer