Alumni Profiles
Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.
Meet the Harvard Alumni Association’s New President
David Battat promotes alumni engagement.
Opower's Alex Laskey and Daniel Yates want to transform the electric industry
Opower works with electrical utilities to help curb energy consumption.
Poet and translator David Ferry, profiled by Spencer Lenfield
Poet and translator David Ferry
How a Harvard farrier spends her days
How a farrier spends her days
Profile of Vijay Iyer
Harvard’s first tenured professor and jazz-artist-in-residence.
Racer Patrick Staropoli strives for Nascar
A Harvard summa aims for NASCAR.
by Steve Potter
To poet Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, abandoned King Island is a potent creative source
For Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, an abandoned island is a potent creative source.
by Melanie Wang
"Farewell, Fred Voodoo" by Amy Wilentz continues her long coverage of Haiti
Amy Wilentz on her “touchstone and central obsession”
Brief life of writer-reformer Edward Everett Hale, by Jeffrey Mifflin
Brief life of a science-minded writer and reformer: 1822-1909
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Cass Sunstein on the constitution in the 21st century
Cass Sunstein and the modern regulatory state
Talking with Maureen McLane, author of "This Blue"
The poet and critic talks about her teaching, her writing, and her newest book, This Blue, a finalist for the National Book Award.