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 Boston Harbor’s Renaissance this summer
by Nell Porter-Brown
Man with a Plan
Afam Onyema ’01 has a job that he wakes up “hungry” to pursue, that has become the passion of his life.
by Liz Goodwin
"L.A.'s Dopest Attorney" Has Harvard Pedigree
Deep in the New Yorker's exploration of the "gray-area" economy of California's marijuana growers and dispensers, a Harvard tidbit...
An Argument for Music
Critic Alex Ross keeps "classical" music current...
by Paul Gleason
Thoroughly Eclectic
Performer Eisa Davis, now starring on Broadway in Passing Strange, stays open to her many artistic passions, including playwriting (Bulrusher, Angela's Mixtape) and singing (her devut album is Something Else)...
by Julia Wallace
From Soaps to Solos
Operatic bass Ethan Herschenfeld sings around the world, but also enjoys acting on TV (Damages)...
by Daniela Amini
Your Money, or Your Life?
The promise of a more fulfilling approach to personal finance: George Kinder, author of Seven Stages of Money Maturity, explains how financial planning is an emotional process...
by Nell Porter-Brown
Solar Sculptor
Michael Kapetan’s sundials don’t do “clock time”...
by Cara Feinberg
George Bancroft
Brief life of a public historian: 1800-1891...
Fishing for Answers
Photograph by Ralf-Finn Hestoft Neil Shubin and Tiktaalik In 2005, parents and school officials in Dover, Pennsylvania, were locked in a...
by Nell Porter-Brown
Identity Seeker
Sergio Troncoso ’83 showed up in Cambridge in 1979 with a suitcase full of T-shirts brought from his hometown on the Texas-Mexico border...
by Liz Goodwin