Five Years of Harvard Alumni Day

Fresh off its fifth year, Harvard Alumni Day continues a 156-year tradition of alumni connection, bringing together and celebrating the University’s more than 400,000 graduates worldwide.

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Everybody Loves Jack

Led by fellow alumni, an extraordinary fundraising effort has established a scholarship, a professorship, and support for athletics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to recognize John P. “Jack” Reardon AB ’60.

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alumna in reunion embracing classmate wrapped in class banner

Relive Harvard and Radcliffe College Reunions

Thousands of alumni from classes ending in 1 and 6 returned to campus to reconnect with classmates, share memories, and experience the Harvard community together again.

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David Battat ’91 (left) and Will Makris, Ed.M. ’00.

Answering the Call to Serve

Incoming president of the Harvard Alumni Association board, David Battat AB ’91—a health care CEO, September 11 first responder, and longtime Harvard volunteer—is dedicated to fostering dialogue and bringing people together.

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Stories

June 9, 2026

‘Be the superhero you wish to become’

A message of community resounds at the fifth annual Harvard Alumni Day on Friday, June 5.
June 5, 2026

Powering the Physician-Scientist Pipeline

A gift from Lisa and Mark Schwartz AB ’76, MBA ’79, MPP ’79 will provide financial aid to MD-PhD students in the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology.
May 28, 2026

Confronting Campus Antisemitism

Scholars from Harvard and several other institutions explored antisemitism through history and its intersection with universities in a wide-ranging conference at Harvard’s Enterprise Research Center.