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

New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced

2018 newly elected Harvard Overseers and HAA directors

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard new Corporation members Overseer leaders

New Corporation members and  Overseers’ leaders

Children's book writer and editor Janet Pascal ’84, on revising "Fair Harvard"

Janet Pascal ’84 crafts the new final line for “Fair Harvard,” debuting this Commencement.

by Sophia Nguyen

How to Pretend You Went to Harvard

I would like to offer you what I think is even better than an actual Harvard degree: the ability to pass what I call the Harvard Voight-Kampff.

by Alexandra Petri

A century apart, two Harvard alumni find each other in the American South.

A century apart, two alumni find each other in the American South.

by Michael S. Knapp

Bill Gates talks with students

The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.

by Jonathan Shaw

Michael Adams of SAGE speaks out for LGBT elders

Michael Adams of SAGE is looking out for LGBT elders.

by Sanya Sagar

The Bajau fishermen of Indonesia face lifestyle pressures.

In Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.

by Lydialyle Gibson , David Hu

Revisiting Jack Lueders-Booth’s portrait series “Women Prisoners”

The portraits in Jack Lueders-Booth’s 40-year-old series feel even more vivid today.


by Olivia Schwob

“An Academic Life” by Hanna Holborn Gray reviewed

The former University of Chicago president and Harvard Corporation fellow crafts a timely memoir.

by John S. Rosenberg