Alumni Profiles
Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.
The Harvard Doctor Who Made Kidney Transplants Possible
Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Brief life of a breakthrough astronomer: 1900-1979
David Barrett reports on New York City’s birds
A quest to chronicle New York City’s avian community
Harvard Law School professor Alan Jenkins
A brief look at a Harvard Law School professor's long journey
by Jacob Sweet
Lindsay Reed, Harvard women’s ice-hockey goalie
The many saves of a six-foot goalie
Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet
Frank Hu confronts the triple threats of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.
by Jacob Sweet
Pippa Norris on the global rise of populist authoritarianism
Harvard political scientist Pippa Norris chronicles the rise of populist authoritarians in Western democracies.
Playwright Antoinette Nwandu, profiled
Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.
Jazz and blues bassist Matthew Berlin
Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin
Profile of novelist Yangsze Choo
Malaysian-born Yangsze Choo writes novels infused with the tropical mysteries of her childhood.
New York immigration activist Steven Choi
Steven Choi, J.D. ’04, works—and fights—at the vitriolic epicenter of immigration politics.