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.
Gloucester fisherman Russell Sherman is profiled
How Gloucester’s Russell Sherman got hooked
Harvard Medalists of 2016
For “extraordinary service to the University”
Harvard Commencement’s oldest attendees
The oldest graduates at Commencement
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists of 2016
Honorands whose contributions to society emerged from graduate study
Harvard’s 365th Commencement
Harvard goes Hollywood for Commencement, with sunny scenery, but sober talk.
Harvard honorary-degree recipients of 2016
The honorands of 2016
Harvard Commencement humor
Speakers making funny at the 365th Commencement
Harvard 365th Commencement highlights
A multitalented student, political zingers, a retiring Commencement directors, final-club ribbing, and more
Brief life of mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch
Brief life of a mathematician and businessman: 1773-1839
How Franklin Leonard became screenwriters' most effective “hype man”
Turning the Black List into a business, to modernize Hollywood’s dream machine