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
“Something Is Very Broken”
Boston Area Gleaners fights hunger from the ground up.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Flying Squirrel
Wingsuit skydiver Alejandro Montagna on minimizing risk—at 150 mph
by Nancy Walecki
When Children Fall Ill
“You work in the hope space, and you tend to the grief.”
by Nell Porter-Brown
We Remember WWI
Alums’ remarkable memories of World War I, revisited this Veterans Day
by Adam Goodheart
The Irresistible Allison Feaster
A basketball star's journey from the Harvard hardwood to the Celtics front office
by Lydialyle Gibson
George Reisner
Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942
by Peter Der Manuelian
NFL Referee Ron Torbert Makes the Tough Calls
A Harvard Law alum puts his degree to work on the field.
by Craig Lambert
Justice Elena Kagan, in Dissent
Ebbing trust in the Supreme Court, and what to do about it
by Lincoln Caplan
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
“Anyone Can Be an Activist”
Alumni get involved in politics.
by Isabel Mehta