Students & Alumni

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

A collage showing Harvard president Alan M. Garber greeting new students on campus, shaking hands, gathered students and families in the Yard, and orientation setup

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

Walking ramps and other accommodations are provided for visitors with disabilities.

Visitors with disabilities can opt for aid during Harvard Commencement

Disabilities are accommodated at Harvard Commencement

Shared Interest Group events during Commencement week

Shared Interest Group events during Commencement week

Class notes and obituaries for May-June 2014

Harvard alumni may sign in to view class notes and obituaries.

What mortarboards hide, and news of centenarian Clarence M. Agress

On the uses of mortarboards, and a centenarian’s update

In his Cambridge studio, Childs makes about six violins a year.

Bob Childs makes world-class violins

Bob Childs makes world-class violins.

by Laura Levis

Dramatic even in his student days: Leonard Bernstein at the piano in 1936

The letters of Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein’s life, in his letters

by Carol Oja

2014 candidates for Harvard Overseer and HAA elected directors

2014 candidates for Harvard Overseer and HAA elected directors

Lissa Young fosters open discussions about love and sexuality during a psychology class for freshmen cadets at West Point.

Lissa Young: back at West Point, after Don't Ask, Don't Tell ended her career

An alumna chooses “the harder right.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Michael R. Bloomberg

Michael R. Bloomberg named 2014 Harvard Commencement speaker

The Business School alumnus counts education and combatting climate change among his passions.

Justin Kaplan at home

A tribute to Justin Kaplan

In tribute to an old friend