Alumni Profiles


Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

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

Crimson Campaign Consultants

Two Harvard alumni have helped bring advanced data analysis to political contests across the country.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Beyond the SAT

Nicholas Lemann on revising standardized testing to address real educational needs

History in Progress

How the War on Terror reshaped American life

by Nina Pasquini

Fairfield Porter

Brief life of an American realist artist and critic: 1907-1975

by Jane Borthwick

Animal (Code) Cracker

After listening to leviathans, an undergraduate comes to conservation.  

by Jonathan Shaw