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.
“Next steps”: profile of Paul Taylor dancer Madelyn Ho
Madelyn Ho pursued two tracks: modern dance, and getting her M.D.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics
Brief life of a world-changer: 1921-2009
“Our Towns” highlights a positive force in American life
James ’70 and Deborah Fallows ’71 explore “what the hell is happening in America.”
William Sellers boosts history
William Sellers aims to expose a new generation to America’s origins.
"I want one more shot!": profile of TV writer Nell Scovell
TV writer Nell Scovell looks back on Just the Funny Parts.
Stephen J. Rapp seeks justice for Syrian victims of war crimes
Stephen J. Rapp seeks justice for Syrian victims of war crimes.
by Ben Beach
Broadsheet Coffee Roasters in Cambridge—the brainchild of Aaron MacDougall
An antidote to Starbucksification?
Profile of photography curator Makeda Best
Focusing on the Harvard Art Museums’ new photography curator
Alain Locke as activist aesthete
Rediscovering Alain Locke and the project of black self-realization
by Adam Kirsch
Brief life of Mary Ellen Avery, groundbreaking neonatologist
Brief life of a groundbreaking neonatologist: 1927-2011