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

New Yorker writer John McPhee's listener, Gordon Gund '61

A Paris Review article describes how renowned author John McPhee reads his drafts to his friend Gordon Gund ’61.

GSAS Centennial Medalists

Scholars whose contributions to society emerged from their graduate study at Harvard

The oldest alumni

Rose Downes Arnold ’36 and George Barner ’29 led the alumni procession.

Overseer and HAA director election results

New members for the Board of Overseers, new directors for the Harvard Alumni Association

The marshals of the class of 2010

Introducing the marshals of the class of 2010

Feminism's work is not finished, say panelists at the Radcliffe Institute

Panelists at Radcliffe Day say feminism's work is not finished, and try to illuminate the way forward.

Articles on Esther Duflo, Shing-Tung Yau, and cancer drug discovery

Our news roundup includes articles on Shing-Tung Yao, Esther Duflo, and cancer drug discovery efforts with Harvard Medical School links.

Borowitz on Need to Know TV show

Humorist Andy Borowitz ’80 will do a comedy segment each week on a new PBS news program, Need to Know.

Highbrow Lingerie

Fashion designer Laura Mehlinger draws on inspirations ranging from Vladimer Nabokow to Prince.

Sculptor James Dinerstein’s work fuses ancient and modern art

Sculptor James Dinerstein’s works in concrete and bronze fuse ancient forms with modern abstraction.

by Paul Gleason