Students & Alumni

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

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

Prolific writer Francine Prose

Francine Prose writes fiction and nonfiction in many forms. With an audio clip of the author discussing her writing process.

Harvard scholars and students fight HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Harvard professors and students take aim at the social and behavioral factors that contribute to HIV.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Brief life of American textile industry entrepreneur Francis Cabot Lowell

Brief life of an American entrepreneur: 1775-1817

by Dan Yaeger

Mayor John Fetterman tries to renew Braddock, Pennsylvania

A Kennedy School alumnus tries to revive a Rust Belt town.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Profile of Harvard Alumni Association president Robert R. Bowie Jr.

Harvard Alumni Association president Robert R. Bowie Jr. is passionate about the “Harvard network.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Inaugural conference for the Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance

President Drew Faust will welcome attendees as the Shared Interest Group hosts its inaugural conference (October 15-17).

Hiram Hunn Awards for long-serving volunteer alumni interviewers

Nine alumni will be recognized by the College admissions office for their long and loyal service in recruiting and interviewing prospective students.

Shared Interest Group events—early fall 2010

Early fall Shared Interest Group events

Profile of physician and poet David Moolten

Experiences as patient and doctor have shaped David Moolten’s commitment to writing.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Profile of organic farmer and writer Kristin Kimball

How Manhattan journalist Kristin Kimball found the best job in the world.

by Christine S. An