Students & Alumni

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

A collage showing Harvard president Alan M. Garber greeting new students on campus, shaking hands, gathered students and families in the Yard, and orientation setup

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

The cast of "The Hot Wing King"

Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life

Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life

by Stuart Miller

Photograph of composer Paul Moravec

Paul Moravec’s soulful music

Paul Moravec’s soulful music

by Lydialyle Gibson

Karen Chee holding a flower to her face

Profile of comedian Karen Chee

Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.

by Jacob Sweet

Author Gabrielle Zevin seated on a sofa in Los Angeles with her dog Nico

Author Gabrielle Zevin profiled by Nell Porter Brown

A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

2020 Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Headed to the other Cambridge  

Photos of three Harvard Medalists

2020 Harvard Medalists

For extraordinary service to the University

Pictured are Stephen Cook, Albert Fishlow, Helen Vendler, and Margaret Kivelson

2020 GSAS Centennial Medalists

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences’ honorands

Photograph of Nelson Mandela receiving honorary degree and University Marshal Rick Hunt

Dr. Fauci, social distance, and a campus without people

Campus and Commencement without people, social distance, Dr. Fauci, and a meaningful password

by Primus VI

Ceridwen Dovey’s “Life After Truth”

How Harvard reunions are cast in Ceridwen Dovey’s Life After Truth

by Nell Porter-Brown

Transforming Portraiture and the World

Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.

by Julia Ostmann