Students & Alumni

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

Will Makris in blue checkered suit and red patterned tie standing outdoors by stone column.

A New HAA President at a Tumultuous Time

A career in higher ed inspired Will Makris to give back.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Ben Zauzmer

And the Academy Award Goes to…Math

Ben Zauzmer '15 tackles Oscars predictions, with math. 

by Jacob Sweet

University Hall, where the Faculty of Arts and Sciences convenes

Harvard faculty vote, governing board divestment

FAS votes for divestment, and perhaps a contending Overseers’ slate

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Loeb House, Harvard University

Harvard Overseer election and divestment

The spring-semester agenda on climate-change advocacy takes shape—on campus and beyond.

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Annette Samuels in the Harvard Art Museum

Annette Samuels makes a return visit to Harvard

Annette Samuels ’55 goes back to class.

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard Mount Washington cabin in the snow

The Harvard Cabin on Mount Washington

The Harvard Mountaineering Club’s Mount Washington cabin

by Nell Porter-Brown

Scene from "Gloria, A Life," showing women marching in solidarity with protest sign

The A.R.T.’s “Gloria: A Life“

“Gloria: A Life,” at the American Repertory Theater

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photo of abandoned newspaper vending boxes

Harvard alumni pioneer new journalism models

New models for newspaper journalism in the Internet era

by Mark Travis

Dancers on stage

The Kuperman brothers on the move

The brothers Kuperman—choreographers, directors, and storytellers

by Lydialyle Gibson

A procession of women heading toward a lake

Performance artist and activist Lena Chen

Lena Chen transforms trauma into art and performance.

by Mathilde Montpetit

Photo of Geoffrey Fowler with old and new smartphones

Technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler: a profile

Geoffrey Fowler tackles the “great reckoning” with privacy.

by Jacob Sweet