Students & Alumni

Alexander Heffner and Governor Maura Healey

Alumni Profiles |

Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Rows of chairs set up in Tercentenary Theatre with tented stage in the distance

Commencement |

Class Day Speakers Announced

Admissions dean William Fitzsimmons ’67 and Currier House security guard Bill Oliverio to address Harvard class of 2024 

by Nina Pasquini

Commencement |

Courtney B. Vance Named Harvard Alumni Day Speaker

The actor, producer, and writer will address alumni May 31. 

by Nina Pasquini

Student orators Blake Lopez, Shruthi Kumar, and Robert Clinton

Commencement |

Orators Three

Harvard’s student Commencement speakers 2024

by Max J. Krupnick

Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, together with the Lord Mayor, exit St Paul's Cathedral after the service.

Students & Alumni |

Lord Mayor for a Day

Harvard's Michael Mainelli, the 695th Lord Mayor of London.

by Robert Sprung

members of the Harvard cricket team pictured before a game on a field

Sports & Athletics |

Crimson Cricket?

Taking a Harvard swing at a blossoming sport

by Max J. Krupnick

Students & Alumni |

Historic Humor

University Archives to preserve Harvard Lampoon materials

by Nina Pasquini

Alumni Profiles |

Slow and Steady

A Harvard Law School graduate completes marathons in all 50 states.  

by Jacob Sweet

Blue and yellow illustration of a young woman writing at a desk and lost in thought

University People | May-June 2024

The Case for Indeterminacy

The purpose of the humanities, at Harvard and in the world

by Isabella Cho

Photo of the Hrdys, author and husband, with their first grandchild

Montage | May-June 2024

Developing Dads

Exploring the evolutionary biology of human fathers as caretakers

by Richard G. Bribiescas

Portrait of Cardinal Robert W. McElroy

University People | May-June 2024

American Solidarity

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy on how the Catholic Church has moved towards inclusivity.

by Nell Porter Brown