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

Can disinformation be stopped?

Scholars’ perspectives on a pervasive new threat

by Jacob Sweet

Thomas Starr King: Protector of the Union, and Yosemite

Brief life of a transcendentalist out West

by John Buehrens

Restoring justice

Exploring an alternative to crime and punishment

by Lydialyle Gibson

Putting the Music in Musical Theater

Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Surfing Author’s Children’s Book

In the swim with Bonnie Tsui

by S.I. Rosenbaum

Radcliffe Women Share Their Stories

An ambitious oral-history project captures the lived experiences of alumnae.

by Meena Venkataramanan

Harvard Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists

For graduate studies that contributed to society

The New Overseers and HAA Elected Directors

Harvard Forward gains a fourth seat on the Board of Overseers.

2021 Harvard Medalists

Harvard alumni honored for extraordinary service to the University

Sidney Verba, and a classy class reporter

Harvard’s mensch, and a record-setting recorder of Crimson lives

by Primus VI