Alumni Profiles
Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.
Landscape Architect Julie Bargmann Transforming Forgotten Urban Sites
Julie Bargmann and her D.I.R.T. Studio give new life to abandoned mines, car plants, and more.
Children's-book author Nancy Churnin is profiled
Nancy Churnin’s picture-book biographies for children span time and space.
by Sanya Sagar
Brief life of Henry Chapman Mercer, innovative ceramicist
Brief life of an innovative ceramicist: 1856-1930
Brief life of Guy Davenport, a polymathic stylist
Brief life of a polymathic stylist: 1927-2005
Found in Translation
Maureen Freely ’74, longtime translator of Orhan Pamuk, shares the nuances of bringing a text from one language to another.
by Oset Babür
Harvard professor Stephanie Burt on becoming co-poetry editor at “The Nation”
Stephanie Burt ’94 is the kind of poetry critic who provokes anger in other poetry critics.
"Bunk" review: Kevin Young surveys American culture, from circuses to con men
From the Missouri Compromise to the 2016 election, Kevin Young's Bunk takes stock of American hoaxes, con men, and race fantasies.
by Niela Orr
Utah activist Bill Hedden reflects on 40 years of conservation work
A Utah activist reflects on 40 years of land conservation—and what’s coming next.
Composer Ashley Fure unleashes her visceral opera “The Force of Things”
Composer Ashley Fure wants people to listen to noise.
Alec Karakatsanis fights for criminal-justice reform in the U.S. legal system
Alec Karakatsanis puts “human caging” and “wealth-based detention” in America on trial.
Polaroid photographer and "The B-Side" subject Elsa Dorfman, profiled
Elsa Dorfman, BI ’73, looks back on her photography.