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Jun 13, 2013
Diane Paulus AB '88, Pippin win Tony Awards

Watch Diane Paulus '88 accept her Tony award for Best Director of a musical. Read More
Jun 7, 2013
Time After Time: Members of the Class of '63 Open Time Capsule

Twenty-five years ago, in the spring of 1988, six alums from the class of 1963 attending their twenty-fifth reunion unearthed a time capsule buried in a corner of the courtyard in front of Eliot House. Read More
Jun 6, 2013
Two Paths, One Shared Dream

Classmates Gresa Matoshi ’13 and Peter Boyce II ’13 defied the odds when they came to Harvard College. Matoshi escaped a terrifying ethnic conflict in Kosovo at age 9, leaving everything behind. Boyce grew up in a tiny New York apartment without a desk or Internet service; neither of his parents had graduated college. Read More
Jun 4, 2013
Global Networking Night

As the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) approaches the 10th Global Networking Night (GNN) on June 25, the program continues to add new event locations as well as participating alumni. Read More
Jun 3, 2013
I Choose Harvard: David Feinberg ’81, JD ’86, P’13

David Feinberg ’81, JD ’86, P’13 remembers his father, Maurice, as a broad-minded man who knew that education could elevate people’s lives. Read More
Jun 3, 2013
I Choose Harvard: Mark Carbone '79

When he headed off to Harvard College in the mid-’1970s, Mark Carbone ’79 was an anomaly in his hometown of Quogue, New York. Read More
Jun 3, 2013
I Choose Harvard: Lloyd Blankfein ’75, JD ’78, P’16, ’10, ’08

Growing up in a public housing project in Brooklyn, New York, Lloyd Blankfein ’75, JD ’78, P’16, ’10, ’08 didn’t expect to land at Harvard. Few of the people around him went to college or had professional ambitions. His dad sorted mail, and his mother was a receptionist; Blankfein hawked hot dogs at Yankee Stadium for cash. Read More
May 30, 2013
Winfrey: Failure Is Just Movement

Addressing the Class of '13 at Tercentenary Theatre, Oprah Winfrey urged a passionate commitment to self-expression and a deep engagement with the world and its challenges. Read More
May 30, 2013
Joy by the Yard

Relive scenes from a sun-splashed Commencement, filled with rituals, reflections, memories, and laughter. Read More
May 29, 2013
The truest voice

Former CNN anchor Soledad O’Brien, the day’s main speaker, used lessons from her own and her parents’ lives as she counseled students to follow their own paths. Read More
May 29, 2013
Different and Not

“Harvard’s broadened my worldview and made me more appreciative of culture in general, it’s reaffirmed and strengthened my personal commitment and views both to my Native American and Hispanic side … and it’s just made me more worldly, in academia and with people," said Cesar Alvarez '13. Read More
May 29, 2013
Run Toward Life

Drawing inspiration from the first responders to the Boston Marathon bombings, Harvard President Drew Faust urged graduating seniors on Tuesday to “run toward” challenges, passions, and places in life where their help is needed, despite the risks that might entail. Read More
May 29, 2013
Commencement: It’s a Spectator Sport

Behind the success of each graduate stand the spectators. They come from next door, they come from around the globe, but they stand together and celebrate Commencement Day. Read More
May 29, 2013
Alumni Voices: #gradvice

Alumni share whimsical words of wisdom and Veritas with gravitas with Harvard's 2013 graduates. Read More
May 21, 2013
Harvard's Recent Major Gifts

The generosity of Harvard donors was on full display this past month with the news of the Blavatnik MBA '89, Knafel ’52, MBA ’54, and Wyss MBA '65 gifts. Read More
May 21, 2013
Commencement: Alumni Voices

Words of Wisdom from Alumni Commencement and Class Day Speakers. Read More
May 16, 2013
Giving Back Because of What Harvard Gave Them

Every year, more than 30,000 alumni give back in celebration of reunions, as volunteers, or through annual gifts, and they aren’t shy about sharing why. Read More
May 15, 2013
HAA Announces 2013 Harvard Medalists

The Harvard Alumni Association will award the 2013 Harvard Medal to James V. Baker AB ’68, MBA ’71, William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. JD ’43, LLD ’96, and Georgene Botyos Herschbach AM ’63, PhD ’69. Read More
May 13, 2013
A Matter of Trust

"We wanted income from a trust to provide a measure of comfort in our lives, and we wanted someone to manage it who knows what they are doing. That’s Harvard.” Read More
May 13, 2013
Experts Reflect on Personal Aspects of Philanthropic and Estate Planning

Rob Shapiro AB '72, JD '78 and Cameron Casey JD '03, partners at Ropes & Gray LLP discuss the personal process of charitable and estate planning. Read More

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Congratulations to National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA 2013 Astronaut Candidate Class member Jessica U. Meir, Ph.D. Read more…
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As part of Professor Gonzalo Giribet’s Biology of Invertebrates class, students make closely observed, highly detailed sketches of Read more…
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James E. Ryan, who will become the new dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education this fall, discusses the importance of #education. Read more…
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