Past Events

Meet and network with fellow alumni and recent Harvard / Princeton graduates

Get a jump on Earth Day by enjoying nature with Harvard friends in a beautiful San Mateo County park

See Harvard alum stand-up comedians perform at Manny's SF!

Come hear Danielle Feinberg, Harvard ’96 (computer science), talk about using art, math, science, and code to bring wonder to the screen.

Join us at the AE Spring Summit on AI to tackle the core technical challenges for developing artificial intelligence!

In person

In honor of Harvard Club of San Francisco’s 150th Anniversary, we are proud to host an in-person and virtual chat

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Join us for a social mixer at the Modernist Social Club in San Francisco! Event starts at 9:00pm

Join us for an informal gathering and intimate conversation centered on the recent book launch of Middle East in Crisis & Conflict: A Primer (2024) by geopolitical strategist Taufiq Rahim.

Join us for an intimate tour of the boutique Dandelion Chocolate factory

Professor Klarman will discuss the impact of this momentous ruling, examining the justices' deliberations and reconstructing why they found the case so difficult to decide.

Meet the scientists and physicians making the discoveries and translating them to patients, tour a laboratory, mingle with Harvard alums, and take in the soaring views from the UCSF Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building.

Join us for a virtual fireside chat

Join us for a conversation with the provost and interim president Alan M. Garber AB '77, PhD '82.

Virtual

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a Paella Party!

Global Networking Night (GNN) is an event series that connects University-wide alumni to one another through their Harvard club and SIGs community.

Join us at our HBS New Venture Competition (NVC) Networking Night.

Are you feeling stuck? Perhaps you are facing an unexpected change, or are wanting to make a change, and are at a loss for how to move forward?

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Join us for a social mixer at the Modernist Social Club in San Francisco! Event starts at 9:00pm

The Harvard Business School Association of Northern California, Kellogg and Wharton Alumni Club are pleased to offer an opportunity to cheer on their local Ice Hockey team - the San Jose Sharks.

Come join us for a relaxing and leisurely luncheon with Harvard friends. No speakers or agenda — just Harvard-related camaraderie and companionship.

A six-mile one-way hike with spectacular views

Lunar New Year Celebration for HBS-Harvard-Penn-Kellogg-Columbia-Yale-UCLA-Wharton-Oxford-Dartmouth-Brown-UC Berkeley-Cornell-LBS-MIT-USC Alumni

Connect with old and new friends at the first joint H4A (Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance) Bay Area and HCSF event of the year!

Join the Harvard Club of SF and help sort clothes and assist recipients

Come join us in a conversation with Viet Nguyen (The Sympathizer, The Committed, Man of Two Faces). More on Viet Thanh Nguyen below!

Get some outdoor exercise before the Superbowl game

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Join us for a social mixer at the Modernist Social Club in San Francisco! Event starts at 9:00pm

Early stage HBS and Harvard startups are invited to apply to our New Venture Competition (NVC).

A virtual discussion of Radcliffe's history through the stories of undergraduate women from the classes of the 1940s through 1970s

Ring in the new year with fellow Harvard young alumni and recent graduates at our next in-person happy hour!

Join the Harvard Clubs of Northern Nevada & the Sierra, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Sacramento for a joint ski day at Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley Ski Resort)

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Special invitation to HCSF members. Enjoy a pre-game talk by Brandon Schneider, Team President & COO.

Welcome 2024's first day with a social hike in the Berkeley Hills

Join the Harvard Club for a matinee of the Nutcracker on Friday, December 15th.

Bring your holiday spirit, friends, and smiles to the most festive holiday party this year! The Harvard Club of Silicon Valley and the HBS Association of Northern California are joining us.

Join our Bay Area entrepreneurial community for an evening of networking, food, and fun.

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Join Harvard Club of San Francisco members to watch and celebrate The Game! This event sells out every year so register today!

You are invited to our Healthtech and Biotech Meetup event on November 14th at 6pm in San Francisco.

In Person

Purchase your ticket & socialize w/ partnered alumni groups to learn about SF Opera before the featured Pulitzer prized performance, Omar!

Gain an insider view of recent changes and their impact on university priorities.

--What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Join us for a social mixer at the Modernist Social Club in San Francisco! Event now starts at 9:00pm

The Harvard Climate Entrepreneur’s Circle, a selective incubation program for high-potential ventures working to address climate change, is now accepting applications for the 2024 cohort.

Sweeping views of the Santa Cruz Mountains

Join us in October. Our monthly run/walk series is back!

Join us to spend a spectacular evening enjoying Fireside chat with Oisin Hanrahan!!

Please join us for an informal wine tasting gathering at Domenico’s, a local winery located along the Peninsula in San Carlos.

Join us for a morning of gardening at the National AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park, to help care for, protect and maintain the Grove for the thousands of people who visit the memorial throughout the year.

The Renaissance is an age that is teeming with still-unsolved mysteries, many of them hidden in plain sight—and in codes.

Join our panel of four accomplished HBS alum founders and hear insights from founders of over twenty startups.

Enjoy mingling with a large group of your fellow alums as we swing into Fall: reconnect with old friends and meet new ones from across all the many schools in the University.

Explore HGSE's master's and doctoral programs with Admissions representatives and alumni.

In Person

Meet fellow alumni and friends in the East Bay

Great views on a classic trail in Mt. Tamalpais State Park

Allyship Across Cultures, Countries, and Continents

Welcome Class of 2023! Please join us for a reception on September 21 with some food and beverages graciously provided by the Harvard Club of San Francisco.

A 6.5 mile hike on a trail in the San Francisco Peninsula Watershed that is not open to the public

20 Citizens Who Energized America – an exciting Graphic Novel for Families (in-person only)

At the Gala After-Party where art, music and imagination collide for an unforgettable evening.

Fireside Chat

The event has now a new start time: 6-7:30pm. What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Enjoy authentic Afghan food while meeting fellow alumni and friends in the East Bay.

Join Us on Saturday, September 9th for our first Pan Asian Pan Ivy+ BBQ since the pandemic!

The Legion of Honor is the sole West Coast venue for the first major exhibition of Tudor portraiture, textiles, sculpture, silver, jewelry, and manuscripts in the United States.

Climate change is one of the biggest problems facing our world and there are countless ways to approach solutions. If you’re interested in founding a climate startup, we can help you get started.

For the volunteer event, participants will be supporting the largest community farm in San Francisco. Established in 2014, the Florence Fang Community Farm now serves over 100 Bayview-Hunters Point families by hosting volunteer farmers from the neighborhood with many seeking a space to grow healthy and culturally-familiar produce as well as share generational knowledge on horticulture.

Come join Harvard friends and family for a spectacle of fun and magic Aug 24 - HCSF members only.

Organized by Brown Club of Greater SF

The much anticipated sequel to last year's inaugural event. Come represent your school and spend a summer day in beautiful Carmel.

Friday sunset cruise around the Alameda Oakland Estuary on a 10-person party boat.

Awed by ChatGPT? Looking to get more hands-on in the latest AI technology?

Come join Harvard Club members and friends for a hike on the Skyline Trail Loop in Wunderlich County Park.

Join us for a social mixer at the Modernist Social Club in San Francisco!

Join us for an exclusive pre-release screening and Q&A of LOVE IN TAIPEI

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

In Person

Come join friends and family from the UPenn Club of San Francisco on their annual Land’s End hike.

Our community service event at 1951 Coffee Company will kick off with a discussion about the important work 1951 does with the Bay Area's refugee community. Doug Hewitt, 1951's CEO, will be leading the conversation with 1951's Cafe Manager.

Organized by Brown Club of Greater SF

Come Join Fellow Bay Area Harvard Community members as we converge on the NCH Community Food Garden.

Venture capital at a crossroads - where do we go from here? Panel discussion.

Come join the HCSF for a Summer Saturday at SF Spark Social.

Special event -July 2023 – we will start this meeting with a short introduction to yoga and a short Guest-teacher-led Zoom practice helpful as we age!

Come join Harvard Club members and friends for a hike on the Stream Trail in Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in Oakland.

Organized by Brown Club of Greater SF

Join fellow HBS alumni who are Venture Capitalists and Founders in the Bay Area for a casual evening of drinks and networking at a San Francisco venue.

In Person

Join us in celebrating the 30th Anniversary of AcroSports by volunteering your time at their upcoming volunteer day event!

This exhibition of more than 100 works by photographer and environmentalist Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984) places him in direct conversation with contemporary artists and the photographers who influenced him.

Josh and Ted will discuss perspectives on the current market environment, the credit cycle, and where to find opportunities with attractive risk/return, among other topics.

Great reviews, prestigious literary awards, having one's work taught in college classrooms are wonderful pleasures. But the greater pleasure is to read one’s story 20 years after publication and say, “Yes, only I could have written this.”

Short, steep hike with drinks, dinner afterwards

Courtesy of SF Opera join NorCal Columbia alumni and partnered alumni groups in a curated night at the SF Opera!

Come join us for our next Young Alumni Happy Hour!

It’s only 2 miles and you can walk if you want

What IS successful aging? Is it helpful – and interesting – to consider the questions at early ages?

Harvard Club of San Francisco and Harvard alumni/students invite you to an exclusive pre-show talk and meet & greet with Pulitzer-Prize winning composer Paul Moravec (Harvard '80) prior to our June 3 performance of The Shining.

Organized by Brown Club of Greater SF

In-Person

Harvard Club of San Francisco, HBSANC, Wharton club, MIT and Kellogg club members are invited to meet Giants leadership and enjoy game day in style - JOIN US! 5/21/23

Meet fellow alumni and friends in the East Bay

Join a conversation with Strauss Zelnick, founder and managing director of ZMC (ZelnickMedia Corporation)

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Step into Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art -- a journey for the mind, body, and senses.

Trees! Trees! And Tafoni!

Join StartOut for an evening at The Academy, an LGBTQ+ social club open to all in the San Francisco Bay Area – for a fun and informal mixer.

Join us as we celebrate the alumni community in San Francisco and hear remarks from Harvard University President, Lawrence S. Bacow JD ’76, MPP ’76, PhD ’78.

Come join us for a relaxing and leisurely luncheon with Harvard friends.

In-Person

A 6-mile Out-and-Back Hike near Point Reyes Station

Come join us for our next in-person Young Alumni Happy Hour!

Answers from the Carl Sagan Research Center at the SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute

If you’ve ever considered becoming an author, this event is perfect for you.

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Good for you, good for the planet

A rich community of faith, leveraging excellence in our expertise, faithfulness in our calling, integrity in our character, and love in our actions to address society’s needs.

Please join us for the third HCSF neighborhood dinner club at Heirloom Cafe!

Building on the success of our previous Expos, this year's event promises to be an inspiring gathering of individuals from around the world committed to positive social change.

Is tech over? Are jobs shrinking? Join five experts on the tech economy in the Bay Area and nationally to challenge conventional wisdom on the headline news.

Hear from an exceptional roster of Generative AI and New Venture Competition winner startups!

Join us for a cocktail party with IIHA (Investment Industry Harvard Alumni), China Chapter.

Churches, coastlines, gardens, royal palaces, dancing — vibrant works by John Singer Sargent (1856 – 1925) immerse you in the rich culture of Spain.

Global Networking Night (GNN) is an event series that connects University-wide alumni to one another through their Harvard club and SIGs community.

Virtual Event

Rising inequality is a pressing issue of our time—and one with adverse economic, social, and political consequences.

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Join us at our HBS New Venture Competition (NVC) Networking Night.

Paved trail in Tilden Park, one of Berkeley's most beautiful parks

Please join us for the second HCSF neighborhood dinner club at Rich Table!

Fireside Chat

Join us for a social mixer at a private home in Hillsborough. This is a new venue and will be an indoor/outdoor event.

Come join us for a relaxing and leisurely luncheon with Harvard friends.

HCSF Salon Talk Series presents a timely conversation on human rights in China, with John Kamm.

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

in-person event

Paved trail in Tilden Park, one of Berkeley's most beautiful parks

Come join the Harvard Club of SF and the Georgetown Club of Northern California for a joint Young Members Happy Hour!

Fireside Chat in-person event

Join the Harvard Clubs of Northern Nevada & the Sierra, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Sacramento for a joint ski day at Palisades Tahoe (formerly Squaw Valley Ski Resort: https://www.palisadestahoe.com). Often voted one of North America's best ski resorts, Palisades Tahoe is known for its world-class terrain, vibrant ski culture, and Olympic heritage as host of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games.

This month Dr. Sara Zeff Geber will present and lead our discussion focusing on aspects of solo aging.

in-person event

Join Harvard W3D San Francisco chapter for a joint holiday mixer with the Stanford Women's Impact Network

Bring your holiday spirit, friends, and smiles to the most festive holiday party this year!

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there?

Join us for our first HCSF neighborhood dinner club!

Come join us for our next in-person Young Members Happy Hour!

VIA ZOOM

Join Harvard Club of San Francisco members to watch and celebrate The Game! This event will sell out quickly register today!

Socialize with partnered alumni groups to learn about SF Opera before the featured opera performance, Christoph Gluck's Orpheus & Eurydice!

A special invitation to Harvard Club Young Alums to join with Stanford recent grads for a night out in SF

Join us for a social mixer at a private home in Hillsborough. This is a new venue and will be an indoor/outdoor event.

HBSANC invites the Wharton, Stanford GSB, MIT, Haas, Kellogg and Harvard Club San Francisco, Harvard Club and Silicon Valley and Yale Club Silicon Valley Alumni Clubs.

Come join us for a relaxing and leisurely luncheon with Harvard friends.

Sweeney Ridge Trail Hike in San Bruno, in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Hike will take place rain or shine.

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

The Camron-Stanford House is the last of the beautiful Victorian mansions that once surrounded Lake Merritt and was the home to five influential families.

Join us for a landmark two-day event to hear from world-class entrepreneurs, successful investors, HBS faculty & leaders in innovation.

Harvard recent grads founded a successful non-profit for mentoring first-gen college bound high school students. Find out how you can mentor too.

Fireside Chat

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there? Interested in exploring this with other Harvard/Radcliffe alums? Inviting you to join us.

Come join the Harvard Club of SF and the Northwestern Club of SF Bay Area for a joint Young Members Happy Hour!

Join us at the Thursday San Rafael Farmers Market to pack fresh produce boxes for our community!

Welcome Class of 2022! Please join us for a reception on September 29 with some food and beverages graciously provided by the Harvard Club of San Francisco.

Join the HCSF Reading Group to discuss "The Undoing Project" by Michael Lewis

A mostly shaded 6-mile hike to beat the heat

Business leaders need to be able to manage uncertainty in rapidly changing situations.

HCSF is teaming up again with Habitat for Humanity to bring back the wildly popular garden restoration project! This event will be outdoors.

What IS ‘successful” aging; how can we help ourselves – and others – get there?

This will be hands-on session to help you make the most of your digital presence through LinkedIn and other social platforms.

Join the HBS Alumni Angels as we present an exceptional roster of Silicon Valley start-ups that are changing the world.

Join the HCSF Reading Group to discuss "The Promise" by Damon Galgut

Come celebrate summer in style with some of the best food and drink in SF at the Harvard Club's outdoor private tent at Spark Social SF food truck park.

Come watch a variety of top Bay Area comedians at this joint Stanford-Harvard comedy show.

How can we learn to thrive as we age? Interested in exploring this with others? It could trigger a plethora of exciting life discussions. Come join us.

Green investing is one of the primary ways individuals can take climate action.

The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited celebrates the legacy of Jim Henson (1936–1990).

Join the HCSF Reading Group to discuss “The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time” By Jonathan Weiner

Come join us for a Young Members Happy Hour - The First Thursday of every month!

How can we learn to thrive as we age? Interested in exploring this with others? It could trigger a plethora of exciting life discussions. Come join us.

Betsy Massar, HBS grad and founder of Master Admissions, will facilitate a panel of five current students and recent grads who can share tips so that you can be successful in your application journey.

A 6-mile hike with wildflowers and scenic views

Join fellow members of the HCSF community in planting trees in Bayview!

Socialize with partnered alumni groups to learn Mozart's work before the evening's featured opera performance, Mozart's Don Giovanni!

Join the HCSF Reading Group to discuss "A Covenant With Death" by Stephen Becker

Join us for a Native Plant Habitat Restoration event on San Francisco's SE waterfront with Golden Gate Audubon.

How can we learn to thrive as we age? Interested in exploring this with others? It could trigger a plethora of exciting life discussions. Come join us.

The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) is a leading advocate and provider of STEM education for students furthest from access and opportunity.

Join us for a Sunday hike in the Diablo Foothills Regional Park

The San Francisco Giants, the Harvard Club of San Francisco, the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California, the Wharton Club of Northern California cordially invite you and your guest to an exciting day at Oracle Park.

Support High School Entrepreneurs of Color as a VIP Judge for BUILD’s Youth Business Expo and Pitch Competition in East Oakland

This exhibit celebrates the extraordinary designs of Guo Pei

We share 5 levers proven to support and advance women, along with questions each individual should be asking.

Illustrated with spectacular photography, Dr. Bernbaum will cover spiritual dimensions of mountaineering and implications for climate change and environmental conservation.

Join the HCSF Reading Group to discuss "Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality"

This experience will share Voyaj Curiosity sparks, encouragement to fire-up interest, questions, listening, and sharing of our dreams and cultures.

Join us for an urban hike around San Francisco’s famous landmark

THE HARVARD CLUB OF UKRAINE, IN ALLYSHIP WITH THE HAA AND HARVARD CLUBS AND SIGS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, PRESENTS THE SECOND ALLYSHIP EVENT ON THE WAR IN UKRAINE:

Take this 60 minute online class to find out the very best ways to get in front of your target decision maker.

Fireside Chat

How can we learn to thrive as we age? Interested in exploring this with others? It could trigger a plethora of exciting life discussions. Come join us.

The Harvard Clubs of San Francisco and Silicon Valley invite you to their own Harvard Networking Night!

Fireside Chat

The 2022 Nonprofit Board Summit, “Change, Innovation & Impact - Rethinking Board Service” is scheduled for Tuesday, April 26th through Thursday, April 28th.

Join us for a fun mixer outdoors at our Springtime mixer!

Join us for a SPAC crash course to demystify the SPAC asset class and more

Join the HCSF Reading Group to discuss "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life"

Anthony Chabot Regional Park

Come join us for a Young Members Happy Hour - The First Thursday of every month!

How can we learn to thrive as we age? Interested in exploring this with others? It could trigger a plethora of exciting life discussions. Come join us.

Discussion about how to both avoid arthritis and stay active to play the sports you love until age 100

Join the Harvard Club of San Francisco at the organization’s first comedy show, featuring Harvard alums and also other Bay Area comedy favorites.

Discussion with HBS Professor David Yoffie

Come meet and hang out with your fellow Harvard Club of SF Young Alum with a fun round of mini golf!

Alice Neel (1900–1984) was one of the century’s most radical painters, a champion of social justice whose longstanding commitment to humanist principles inspired her life as well as her art.

Come join us for a fascinating discussion of the failings of our media in maintaining its trust and credibility in our badly divided country

This will be a great opportunity alongside other HCSF community members!

Are you contemplating or pursuing a career transition?

Join the Harvard Club of San Francisco Reading Group to discuss “Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game)” by Herman Hesse

How To Stop Overloading Parents and Fix Our Inequality Crisis

This program will discuss the legacies of Justices Ginsburg and Breyer and the upcoming nomination of a new Supreme Court Justice.

Come join us for a Young Members Happy Hour - The First Thursday of every month starting in March!

How can we learn to thrive as we age? Interested in exploring this with others? It could trigger a plethora of exciting life discussions. Come join us.

Our selection committee will identify the top applications to pitch their ventures to our panel of judges

Rodeo Beach, Coastal Trail, and Miwok Trail is a 5.3 mile loop, 1,076 ft elevation gain trail located near Sausalito, California that features beautiful wild flowers.

Join the Harvard Club of San Francisco Reading Group to discuss “Wide Sargasso Sea” by Jean Rhys

This volunteering event will give you an opportunity to meaningfully contribute to Excelsior Works' mission and help feed hundreds of people by rolling up your sleeves and getting to work in serving these families.

Virtual event. How can we learn to thrive as we age? Interested in exploring this with others? It could trigger a plethora of exciting life discussions. Come join us and see

Please join the Harvard Clubs of northern California (San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Sacramento) for a presentation by infectious disease doctor and epidemiologist Dr. Monica Gandhi, focusing on both coronaviruses and HIV.

Virtual event. How can we learn to thrive as we age? Interested in exploring this with others? It could trigger a plethora of exciting life discussions. Come join us and see

Learn the primary learning styles and how to know the most and least effective ones for you and your child.

Virtual event. Fireside Chat

Virtual event.

This loop around Lafayette Reservoir on the Rim Trail, with great-bird watching opportunities and several high points affording 360-degree views, is a great introduction to the parklands administered by the East Bay Municipal Utility District.

Are you an innovator or early stage entrepreneur? The Harvard Business School Association of Northern California (HBSANC) invites all Harvard graduates (from any school) to participate in the Northern California Regional “One Harvard” New Venture Competition