Alumni Profiles
Faith through Film
The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies
by Max J. Krupnick
The Arts as Essential Goods
A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”
by Nell Porter-Brown
Melissa Dell
“In the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, people in academic institutions like Harvard predominantly studied the U.S. and Europe,” says the development economist.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
“From Neither Here Nor There”
Sociologist Roberto Gonzales on the predicament of undocumented young people
by Lydialyle Gibson
One Small Step for Music
A professor’s interstellar reach
by Jacob Sweet
“Theater Is Church”
Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life
by Stuart Miller
At Home with Harvard: Harvard on the Small Screen
Discover a new series to watch in quarantine, or read about the creator behind your favorite show, in this selection of our TV stories
“Drip, Drip, Drip”
How Harvard fencers won an Ivy championship
by Jacob Sweet
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Brief life of a breakthrough astronomer: 1900-1979
by Donovan Moore
The Early Bird
A quest to chronicle New York City’s avian community
by Nell Porter-Brown
Puck Stop
The many saves of a six-foot goalie
by Lydialyle Gibson