Students & Alumni

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

The Harvard founders of literary magazine n+1

Three Harvard Advocate alumni helped found a highbrow literary periodical.

Bruce Corsino promotes plain language

Bruce Corsino promotes "usable, efficient, and transparent" writing inside government and out.

by Krysten A. Keches , Nell Porter-Brown

Weld Boathouse gains Ellen Kennelly sculpture

Ellen Kennelly ’85 has created a new glass sculpture for Weld Boathouse.

by Craig Lambert

Theresa McCulla runs Harvard Dining Services’ Food Literacy Project

Meet the director of Harvard Dining Services’ Food Literacy Project.

Sam Beer and Charles Townsend Copeland

What made Sam Beer and Charles Townsend Copeland great

The Monuments Men: Rescuing art from the Nazis

Harvard’s Monuments Men at war

New football helmet protects the brain

Vin Ferrara ’95 manufactures the Xenith football helmet to protect players from concussions.

by Craig Lambert

Harvard's alumni website has a new look

Harvard's alumni website has a new look and a new home.

Harvard's new public-service initiative

The Harvard Alumni Association's plans a global public-service initiative

The Harvard radio wits of NPR’s “Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!”

Three Harvard graduates help create the weekly humor of NPR’s Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me!

by Craig Lambert