Students & Alumni

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

2019 HAA Award Recipients

For outstanding service to the University

Painting of Amos A. Lawrence, 1887, by Eastman Johnson.

Expansive CVs, and extracurricular insights

Expansive CVs, and extracurricular insights

by Primus VI

William Monroe Trotter (first row, fifth from right) with other leaders of the Liberty League, circa 1920

William Monroe Trotter

Brief life of a black radical: 1872-1934

by Kerri K. Greenidge

Photograph of A.O. Scott at the Quad Cinema, New York City.

NYT movie critic A.O. Scott profiled by Craig Lambert

A.O. Scott on watching and reviewing a lot of movies

by Craig Lambert

William G. Kaelin pictured in his home in Boston shortly after receiving the call from Sweden

William Kaelin Wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Kaelin is the forty-ninth Harvard faculty member to win the Nobel. 

A lake next to a mountain with autumn foliage and fog

Is Climate Change Ruining Fall?

Fewer cold nights could mean muted displays of fall color. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Upsolve co-founder Rohan Pavuluri (right) and summer staffer Nick Brown in front of an Upsolve sign.

Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve: helping low-income families deal with debt

Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.

by Nina Pasquini

Photograph of Hansjörg Wyss

Hansjörg Wyss boosts biologically inspired engineering

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.

by Jonathan Shaw

Portrait photo of admissions stalwart Dwight Miller

Dwight Miller, longtime Harvard admissions officer, retires

College admissions stalwart Dwight Miller retires.

by John S. Rosenberg

An illustration of Harvard Yard with a superimposed rendering of a youthful male figure contemplating his place at the College

A life lesson from Willie Banks

A life lesson from Willie Banks

by Chad M. Oldfather