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

Fighting for Afghanistan

The sound of a bomb detonating breaks the stillness of Kandahar’s morning hours. To Sarah Chayes ’84, in her office in the small...

Eye on Harvard

Eye on Harvard is an Internet talk show “for and about Harvard people” that appears on InTimeTV.com. The subject matter is...

Comings and Goings

University clubs offer a variety of social and intellectual events, including Harvard-affiliated speakers (please see the partial list below)...

Profile of Virginia Heffernan, TV and media writer for “The New York Times”

Not long ago, Virginia Heffernan, Ph.D. ’02, who writes about television and on-line media for the New York Times, got an e-mail from her...

by Craig Lambert

The fight to preserve biodiversity in the American West

Gilbert Gale uses all tools at his disposal to fight invasive plants in Western grasslands.

by Jonathan Shaw

Brief life of public thinker Stuart Chase

On a chilly autumn day in 1911, Stuart Chase entered the Boston Public Library and, finding a seat in the economics section, composed a personal...

by John M. Carfora

"Adam Smith" meets Ji Chaozhu

“Adam Smith” meets Mao’s translator in a class of ’52 get-together.

by Geoffrey A. Fowler