Students & Alumni

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

Harvard Adopts Reforms as Higher Ed Turmoil Continues

University creates new “interfaith engagement” role; Columbia, Brown settle with the government.

by Lydialyle Gibson

From academia to art: profile of Nell Painter

Nell Painter reflects on leaving the ivory tower for art school at age 64.

by Olivia Schwob

“The Black Clown” by Langston Hughes is set to music

An oratorio adapted from Langston Hughes

by Sophia Nguyen

Casey Cep reviews “These Truths: A History of the United States,” by Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore excavates the history of America, down to its bedrock values.

by Casey N. Cep

Laura van den Berg and “The Third Hotel”

In Laura van den Berg’s fiction, the deeply strange is ordinary.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Ladders, Squirrels, and Reproductive Rights

A graduate’s foray into the “real world” of fringe theater

by Olivia Munk

Amelie Chai of SPiNE, an architect in Myanmar

Practicing architecture in Myanmar

by Sanya Sagar

Blake Family Ranch and Nursery

Working a cattle ranch and tree nursery in Big Sky country

by Nell Porter-Brown

Rage, reborn: profile of guitarist Tom Morello

With his supergroup Prophets of Rage, the musician faces down a president.

by Max Suechting

“Next steps”: profile of Paul Taylor dancer Madelyn Ho

Madelyn Ho pursued two tracks: modern dance, and getting her M.D.

by Samantha Maldonado

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 2018 Centennial Medalists

Contributions to society from graduate research