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

Documentarian Kent Garrett reflects on how “Black Journal” broke down barriers

How Black Journal raised the country's consciousness, and opened Kent Garrett's eyes to television's potential

by Sophia Nguyen

A new biography of Louis Kahn

Probing the primal drives of a landmark architect

Reality fiction: the delightful fullness of Elif Batuman's “The Idiot”

Elif Batuman’s novel The Idiot reflects on her Harvard freshman year.

by Madeleine Schwartz

Composer Robert Kyr embraces love, peace, and nature.

Composer Robert Kyr embraces love, peace, and nature.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The future of work and the sharing economy

Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan takes on the app economy.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard honors clubs and SIGs

Harvard celebrates its volunteer alumni leaders.

Coeducating a Harvard Club and more

Coeducating the Harvard Club of New York, Robert McNamara redux, and a professor at home on the range

by Primus VI

When entrepreneurship lifted off in Cambridge

Edwin H. Land and the shaping of entrepreneurship in Greater Boston

by John S. Rosenberg

Readers Reflect: How Should Harvard Respond to the Immigration Ban?

Reflecting on Harvard’s role in the Trump administration   

by Oset Babür