Stories | Harvard Alumni

Apr 1, 2020
Medical Students Can Graduate Early to Help in Hospitals

Graduating Harvard Medical School students will have the option to receive their diplomas early so that, if they choose, they can quickly be deployed into hospitals to help treat patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Mar 26, 2020
Harvard Labs Donate Protective Equipment

As University facilities have shut down, faculty and staff have gathered essential supplies for health care workers. Read More
Mar 26, 2020
Harvard Medical School Students Form COVID-19 Rapid Response Team

Within days of the escalation of infections in Massachusetts, hundreds of Harvard Medical School students began mobilizing to provide voluntary support to clinicians. Read More
Mar 20, 2020
Harvard Postpones Commencement

The University's 369th commencement ceremony will be postponed indefinitely as part of Harvard's ongoing effort to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Mar 20, 2020
Colleges Took the Lead on Distancing, Others Should Follow

Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow joins the presidents of MIT and Stanford in calling on communities nationwide to take drastic action to slow the spread of COVID-19. Read More
Mar 19, 2020
Nohria to Remain at Harvard Business School Through December

With the historic global upheaval and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Nitin Nohria has agreed to remain as dean of Harvard Business School through the end of December. Read More
Mar 19, 2020
Designing a Coronavirus Vaccine

As the number of novel coronavirus infections rises daily, strategies for developing a safe and effective vaccine are rapidly moving forward. Read More
Feb 19, 2020
Full Slate of Candidates for Harvard Board Elections Announced

Alumni will vote for Harvard Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors this spring. Read More
Feb 19, 2020
Koma Gandy Fischbein AB '95 Elected Chief Marshal

The decorated U.S. Navy veteran and rugby pioneer will represent the alumni community at Harvard’s 369th Commencement. Read More
Feb 6, 2020
Family, Finance, and Philanthropy in San Francisco

Alumni and friends in the San Francisco area joined the Harvard University Planned Giving team for a Family, Finance, and Philanthropy dinner. Read More
Feb 4, 2020
Engineering with a Human Touch

How a Harvard graduate student survived getting stuck in a blizzard and became a better engineer because of it. Read More
Dec 19, 2019
Developer Named for Allston Enterprise Research Campus

Tishman Speyer's winning proposal for the first phase of the project focuses on the public realm, sustainability, diversity, and affordable housing. Read More
Dec 13, 2019
The Optimist

Jose Cerda III ’88 still believes government is a force for good. Read how a last-choice course at Harvard was the first step toward a career shaping public policy, from the White House to local communities in the Midwest. Read More
Dec 11, 2019
Authors of Their Own Stories

In a new Red Book for first-generation alumni, Alejandra Iglesias AB '21 and Dan Lobo AB '14 see a powerful forum for storytelling and community building. Read More
Nov 25, 2019
Rhodes Scholars Announced

Seven Harvard students were chosen for the prestigious academic award and will pursue a broad range of studies at Oxford University next fall. Read More
Nov 19, 2019
An Education in Entrepreneurship

A lawyer, venture capitalist, writer, and mentor in California’s charter schools, Ken Aldrich AB ’60, LLB ’64 found a way to combine his love for education and entrepreneurship by teaching students of all ages how to shape their financial futures and embrace the entrepreneurial mindset—and by benefitting his passions at Harvard. Read More
Nov 18, 2019
A Family Commitment to Opportunity

Harvard was on the minds of Ron and Rita Ramnath when they dropped their comfortable lives in Trinidad & Tobago to bring their son, Rick AB ’91, to the U.S. Now, Rick seeks to honor their sacrifice by paying it forward to future alumni. Read More
Nov 17, 2019
Q&A with Karen Johnson

At Harvard Management Company, helping Harvard donors support their alma mater often means navigating the world of illiquid assets—but it’s all in a day’s work for Senior Vice President for Estates and Special Investments Karen Johnson. Read More
Nov 16, 2019
Cecilia Nuñez Does It All

From leading the Philips Brooks House Association, to testifying in the Harvard admissions case, to throwing the first pitch at Fenway Park, Cecilia Nuñez has had a memorable senior year. Read More
Oct 16, 2019
Solving the Mystery of Autism

A $20 million gift from philanthropists Lisa Yang and Hock Tan MBA '79 establishes the Hock E. Tan and K. Lisa Yang Center for Autism Research at Harvard Medical School, which will encompass the efforts of basic, translational, and clinical scientists from the entire Harvard ecosystem. Read More