Alumni Profiles


The New Old Boston Athenaeum

Find “the joy of discovery and power of this unique place.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Mitigating Global Threats

U.S. Navy vice admiral on the frontlines at NATO

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bill Gates on AI and Innovation

At Harvard, the Microsoft co-founder discusses his biography—and artificial intelligence. 

by Olivia Farrar

History and Love in Haiti

Alumna Nadine Pinede’s young-adult novel—in verse

by Lydialyle Gibson

Developing the Brain-Computer Interface

Benjamin Rapoport aims to aid neurology patients.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Gathering Strings

Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson’s extended reach

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Model City

Fred Gevalt’s astonishing and intricate diorama

by Craig Lambert

Quincy Jones and Harvard

Remembering a great musician’s Crimson ties

by Jerold S. Kayden

Provocative Politician

South Korea’s Lee Junseok tries to break old binaries.

by Nina Pasquini

What You Can Say, Singing

Liv Redpath’s operatic trajectory

by Nina Pasquini

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Brief life of an activist for freedom: 1823-1911

by John Nelson