Alumni Profiles


History and Love in Haiti

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

by Lydialyle Gibson

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

Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

“The Ingenuity of an Architect”

Kimberly Dowdell influences her profession—and the built environment.

by Nell Porter Brown

50 Marathons in 50 States: Scott Kline

Harvard Law School's Scott Kline ’88.

Slow and Steady

A Harvard Law School graduate completes marathons in all 50 states.  

by Jacob Sweet

American Solidarity

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy on how the Catholic Church has moved towards inclusivity.

by Nell Porter Brown

Quantum Leaps

Ballerina and quantum physicist Merritt Moore ’11 connects humans and machines.

by Nina Pasquini

Dialogue, not Debate

American University’s Lara Schwartz, J.D. ’98, teaches productive disagreement.

by Max J. Krupnick