Alumni Profiles


Faith through Film

The “Accidental Talmudist” on making Jewish movies

by Max J. Krupnick

Seeing the Ice

Hockey champion A.J. Mleczko in the broadcast booth

by Lydialyle Gibson

Fighting Need on the Lower East Side

At Henry Street Settlement, David Garza ’86 is not locking anyone out.

by Nell Porter-Brown

From the Archives: The Examined Life

Why is it that so many doctors feel compelled to write, and that so many do, so compellingly? 

by Jonathan Shaw

Grace Notes

Why the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell home

by Erick Trickey

Artistic Capital

In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value

by Samantha Culp

Once Again, with Feeling

A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning

by Nell Porter-Brown

Millicent Todd Bingham

Brief life of an unlikely Dickinson scholar

by Julie Dobrow

Darkness Visible

Opera director Sarah Meyers doesn’t want you to notice everything.

by Jennifer Gersten

Please, Run!

Social entrepreneur Jill Vialet ’86 on “positive chaos” and fixing recess

by Nell Porter-Brown

Alaskan Educator

In rural Alaska, Jim Merriner runs a school district with a major educational footprint across the state.

by Shane Brodie