Students & Alumni

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

A collage showing Harvard president Alan M. Garber greeting new students on campus, shaking hands, gathered students and families in the Yard, and orientation setup

Harvard President Alan Garber Helps First-Years Move In

As a potential settlement with the Trump administration looms, Garber gets students settled.

by Olivia Farrar

Portrait of Debby Smullyan, retiring obituaries editor

In Service

Editing obituaries and class notes

Group photo of Du Yun, Daniel Goleman, Mina Jahan Bissell, Sanford Greenberg, Catherine Gattegno Cesarsky, and John Dower

Centennial Medalists

Six alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.

Harvard Medalists

Five honored for service to the University 

Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Four moving on to further studies abroad 

Gram Parsons stands in front of a bus in Harvard Square

Sound as Ever

Gram Parsons and Harvard’s hand in country rock

by Nancy Walecki

Alumni Day with Mary Louise Kelly

The All Things Considered cohost emphasized the importance of reporting to democracy.

by Jonathan Shaw

Bertram A. “Bert” Huberman ’44, M.B.A. ’48, the most senior attendee at the weekend’s festivities.

Oldest and First

Bertram A. “Bert” Huberman ’44 and Ruth Samuels Villalovos ’49 led the alumni parade.

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

New Members of Harvard Board of Overseers and Elected Directors of HAA

The new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and Elected Directors of the HAA are announced. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Saluting the 2023 Centennial Medalists

Six alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.

by Jonathan Shaw

Photograph of Sarah Kariko ’90 operating a letterpress at the Bow & Arrow Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Eviction of the Bow & Arrow Press

The Adams House space that gave the letterpress studio its name will become a student common room.

by Craig Lambert