Students & Alumni

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

Preserving the History of Jim Crow Era Safe Havens

Architectural historian Catherine Zipf is building a database of Green Book sites.  

by Lydialyle Gibson

Saving Lives in Ukraine

Brooks Newmark ’80 evacuates women, children, and the elderly with his “Dunkirk-like fleet” of humanitarian buses.

by Gordon F. Sander

America’s Riven Politics

 A Harvard Magazine Q & A with Evan Osnos ’98, author of Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury

Harvard Launches Science and Engineering Startup Program

The Grid will provide funding, mentoring, educational programming, and dedicated workspace to support startups from Harvard labs.  

by Jonathan Shaw

A Long Night's Journey in Palestine

William Tamplin, Ph.D. ’20,  on the lyricism and secrecy of an Arabic literary pioneer 

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Anyone Can Be an Activist”

Alumni get involved in politics.

by Isabel Mehta

Alumni Interviewers Honored

Miller-Hunn Awards announcement

Community with Purpose

New Harvard Alumni Association president Allyson Mendenhall

by Nell Porter-Brown

Learners, Grizzled and Downy

An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all

by Primus VI

Truer than Reality

Kevin Kallaugher on the art of editorial cartooning

by Dan Kelly

Freedom from Food

A lifelong struggle with body image led Juna Gjata to podcasting.

by Jacob Sweet