Alumni Profiles

Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.

No More [Lovin’ That] Dirty Water

Enjoying the Boston Harbor’s Renaissance This Summer

by Nell Porter-Brown

Art and Activism

Rediscovering Alain Locke and the project of black self-realization

by Adam Kirsch

Mary Ellen Avery

Brief life of a groundbreaking neonatologist: 1927-2011

by Amalie M. Kass , Eleanor G. Shore

Tuning In to Urban Noise

Erica Walker aims to put “tools and data into the hands of people who can use it.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

HAA Honors Alumni Clubs and SIGs

A celebration of significant alumni and shared interest groups

“Gorey’s World”

Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum

by Nell Porter-Brown

Boston Roller Derby

Harvard ties to the increasingly popular, rigorous sport

by Nell Porter-Brown

Broadsheet Coffee Roasters

An antidote to Starbucksification?

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Novel Take on Eternal Life

Dara Horn breathes life into classical Jewish sources.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

From Here to Timbuktu

A globe-trotting monk with the Benedictine “survival gene” seeks out treasured manuscripts.

by Nell Porter-Brown