Featured series 
Tag: Alumni
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Campus & Community
Running, walking, cycling, and rolling together
In a one-of-a-kind, University-wide virtual 5K called Harvard Moves, participants will “run, jog, walk, cycle, or roll” to promote wellness, build community, and raise funds for student financial aid.
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Campus & Community
In the name of justice
In the battle against systemic racism, Harvard alumni chart different courses for change.
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Nation & World
The collective effort
Harvard students, alumni, faculty, and staff from the nationwide “To Serve Better” project weigh in on how coronavirus is affecting their corner of the country, and the work they do.
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Campus & Community
Bacow meets with global alumni
Leaders of Harvard clubs and groups gather in Amsterdam in a first-ever conference
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Science & Tech
A silly-sounding prize for some serious science
Harvard-trained researchers win Golden Goose Awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Campus & Community
In San Diego, Bacow stresses learning, New teaches poetry
Harvard President Larry Bacow talked with alumni and discussed the power of higher education with high school students in San Diego as he continued his visits around the country.
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Campus & Community
Rogers to step down as VP for alumni affairs and development
Tamara Rogers will step down from her position as vice president for alumni affairs and development at the end of this calendar year, the University announced on Thursday.
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Campus & Community
Harvard takes to the Twin Cities
President Drew Faust and University faculty explore changing times at Your Harvard event in Minnesota.
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Campus & Community
Working in the service of others
The sixth annual Public Interested Conference brought together nearly 150 Harvard alumni who shared their experiences in the public service sector.
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Campus & Community
The Harvard that was
Alumni from the 1950s to 2000s share their memories of Harvard and historical events that marked their time in Cambridge.
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Campus & Community
A Harvard break for adventure
Wintersession, a College-led, 10-day initiative between the fall and spring terms, brings together students, faculty, and alumni to learn new skills and explore their passions inside and outside their fields of academic pursuit.
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Campus & Community
Harvard’s alumni impact
Inaugural study shows that Harvard alumni worldwide create vast businesses and nonprofit organizations, accounting for millions of jobs, economic impact, and volunteering success.
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Campus & Community
The Harvard Campaign, two years in
Organizers see strong collaboration, solid alumni engagement, efforts already bearing fruit.
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Campus & Community
GSAS presents Centennial Medals
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences awarded the Centennial Medal to four of its alumni on May 27, honoring their “contributions to society as they have emerged from [their] graduate education at Harvard.”
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Campus & Community
Why I volunteer for Harvard …
While most Harvard journeys start on campus, they rarely end there. More than 10,000 College alumni give back as steadfast volunteers, in more ways than one. Four alumni share why they dedicate their time and energy to Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Rhythm and motion
Here’s a sound and snapshot sample of Wintersession classes in action.
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Campus & Community
Exploration, transformation
The fifth annual Harvard College Wintersession featured a host of events, from print-making on clay tablets to yoga classes to programming featuring prominent alumni.
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Nation & World
Journey to Mexico
Harvard President Drew Faust, University administrators, and faculty members are in Mexico this week for a series of meetings, tours, and alumni events. During their visit to the nation with the largest number of Harvard degree recipients in Latin America, participants are posting items about what they do and see.
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Nation & World
Meeting of the minds
Harvard Business School’s disruptive innovation guru Clayton Christensen uses crowdsourcing to accelerate the evolution of his latest theory on corporate investment decisions.
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Campus & Community
Reflections on a half century at Harvard
John P. “Jack” Reardon Jr. ’60, who will step down as Harvard Alumni Association executive director in July, shares his memories as he looks back on 50 years at Harvard University.
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Campus & Community
Eight to receive honorary degrees
Former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the principal speaker at Afternoon Exercises, will be joined onstage by a former U.S. president, a singer, an economist, and other leading lights.
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Campus & Community
Motivated by impact
More than 700 alumni volunteers will ask their peers to give to Harvard in celebration of a reunion or as an annual gift.
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Campus & Community
Fund to tackle climate change
In an effort to catalyze research into sustainable energy sources, Harvard President Drew Faust has challenged University friends and alumni to raise a $20 million Climate Change Solutions Fund and seed new approaches to confronting the threat of climate change.
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Campus & Community
In L.A., the watchword is Harvard
More than 350 Harvard alumni and friends gathered in Los Angeles earlier this month to network with peers and take part in discussions on why creativity is so essential to living our best lives.
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Campus & Community
Elections open for Overseers and HAA directors
This spring, alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors.
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Campus & Community
Professor Robert R. Bowie dies at 104
Robert R. Bowie, the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs Emeritus and founder and first director of the Center for International Affairs (now the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs) died Nov. 2 at the age of 104.
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Campus & Community
Harvard alumnus wins share of medicine Nobel
James E. Rothman, a 1976 Harvard alumnus, won a share of the 2013 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for work illuminating the internal machinery that cells use to transport molecules.
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Campus & Community
Six alums honored for service
Five alumni were recognized with Harvard Alumni Association Awards at a ceremony on Oct. 24.
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Campus & Community
David K. Smith, former dean of Radcliffe admissions, 77
Former dean of Radcliffe admissions David K. “Deke” Smith of Topsham, Maine, died Aug. 14 at the age of 77, following a brief battle with cancer.
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Arts & Culture
Oscar winner Matt Damon on his Harvard years
Actor Matt Damon, former Harvard College student and winner of the 2013 Harvard Arts Medal, talks of his time on campus, his lifelong desire to be an actor, and how a College playwriting course assignment later turned into the Academy Award-winning screenplay for “Good Will Hunting.”
