Students & Alumni

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

James Muller in white lab coat leaning on railing in hospital hallway.

Free Speech, the Bomb—and Donald Trump

A Harvard cardiologist on the unlikely alliances that shaped a global movement to prevent nuclear war

Tracy K. Smith

Poet Tracy K. Smith's prose memoir, “Ordinary Light”

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith ’94 crafts a memoir.

Sarah Manguso

Sarah Manguso's Ongoingness asks, why write?

Dissecting her diary, a writer weaponizes solipsism.

by Sophia Nguyen

Algebra, a high-wire act for math phobics, is here rendered clearly, amusingly, and memorably.

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

Here lies an eager patriot.

“Love Story” locale, and other passionate pursuits

Love Story locale, and other passionate pursuits

Susanne Daniels and Amy Lippman discuss their careers in television.

Susanne Daniels and Amy Lippman discuss their careers in television

MTV's president of programming and the executive producer of Masters of Sex on their craft

by Laura Levis

2015 Overseer and HAA Director Nominees

The official candidate slates

Martha McSally, M.P.P. ’90, Republican of Arizona, who won her House race on December 17, became the fifth alumna elected to the 114th Congress.

Harvard alumni elected to the 114th Congress

Harvard’s GOP contingent expands in the new Congress.

See you. A much-admired pair of legs and shoes disappear into a window above the shops on Haight Street, San Francisco. The Reichardts have seen it all.

Baez, Dylan, and more vignettes from Harvard’s class of 1964

Baez, Dylan, and more vignettes from Harvard’s class of 1964

A grinning Staropoli celebrates after winning the NAPA Auto Parts 150 in Irwindale, California, last year.

Racer Patrick Staropoli strives for Nascar

A Harvard summa aims for NASCAR.

by Steve Potter

Plan for the new rear entry—a key to rationalizing the club’s interior spaces and use

The Harvard Club of Boston undergoes renovations.

The Harvard Club of Boston undergoes renovations.