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

Elizabeth Bangs Bryant

Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist

by Reed Gochberg

A monumental book reveals a monumental work of art

Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Lone Stars”—an HLS grad’s semi-autobiographical debut novel

Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Some Kind of Heaven,” a documentary by Lance Oppenheim

Documentarian Lance Oppenheim explores life in The Villages.

by Alex Huls

Profile of Radhika Jones

Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard leaders honored

Highlighting leaders at clubs and SIGs 

Higher-profile Board of Overseers Election

Prospective candidates and their diverse views of Harvard’s future and the Board’s role

by John S. Rosenberg

The Xfund’s liberal-arts entrepreneurs

The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.

by Jonathan Shaw

Photographer Morgan Smith's Images and Encounters at the Mexican Border

Photographer Morgan Smith ’60 documents life on the precarious precipice between Mexico and the United States.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Forward Candidates on Overseer Ballot

For the second consecutive year, petitioners have qualified to be candidates in the Board of Overseers election.

by John S. Rosenberg