Alumni Profiles
Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.
Mount Vernon, Historic Preservation, and American Politics
Anne Neal Petri promotes George Washington and historic literacy.
Emily Oken's Studies on Nutrition During Pregnancy
Oken's path from archaeology to epidemiology
by Jacob Sweet
Meteorologist Matthew Cappucci’s Weather Obsession
The Harvard graduate is the fastest-rising star in weather.
by Jacob Sweet
A Wildlife Painter's Fantastic Beasts
Bradley Scott Davis's conservation-minded artwork
Mike Schur on the Good Life
A humorous guide to ethics and philosophy, from the sitcom creator
Looking for the Real Stan Lee
Biographer Abraham Riesman plumbs the dark mysteries of the Marvel auteur
by Dan Kelly
Damage and Repair
Textile artist Celia Pym knits meaning into mended clothes.
From Punk to the Silver Screen
The ingenious, intuitive film scores of Carter Burwell ’77
Notes on Doctoring
Michael Stanley and the covenant of medicine
Math Professor Lauren Williams Explores New Ground
Williams feels at home researching underexplored subjects.
by Jacob Sweet
Reporting, with an M.B.A.
Charles Duhigg unpacks how individuals and organizations work at war, on Wall Street, and in Silicon Valley