Students & Alumni

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

A New HAA President at a Tumultuous Time

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

The A.R.T.’s “Gloria: A Life“

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

How a Young Alumni Movement Wants to Change Harvard’s Investment Policies

An emerging, expansive view of socially responsive endowment investments

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard First-Generation Student Alumni Stories

Alumni share their moving stories through the first interest-group “class report.”

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Board of Overseers Divestment, Governance Challenge

Young alumni and others advance an agenda of governance change and divestment from fossil-fuel investments.

Harvard Faculty Divestment Debate

A formal, docketed discussion as proponents of divestment intensify their campaign 

by John S. Rosenberg

Who has attended the most Harvard-Yale Games?

Who’ll carry the traditionalists’ Little Red Flag?

William Monroe Trotter

Brief life of a black radical: 1872-1934

by Kerri K. Greenidge

NYT movie critic A.O. Scott profiled by Craig Lambert

A.O. Scott on watching and reviewing a lot of movies

by Craig Lambert

Profile of comedian-magician Harrison Greenbaum

For Harrison Greenbaum, it began with “Pick a card….”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Ali Sethi finds his voice in classical Pakistani music

Singer Ali Sethi finds his voice in classical Pakistani music.

by Lydialyle Gibson