Alumni Profiles
Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.
Preserving the History of Jim Crow Era Safe Havens
Architectural historian Catherine Zipf is building a database of Green Book sites.
Deidre Lynch on Jane Austen and loving literature
Deidre Lynch on the cult of Jane Austen and the complexities of loving literature
Cerise Lim Jacobs's otherworldly operas
In the “final phase” of her life, Cerise Lim Jacobs builds herself an oeuvre.
Playwright Betty Shamieh's favorite antiheroes and angelic demons
A playwright making those overlooked by history into lore
The many roles of Latino-American journalist Julio Ricardo Varela
Latino-American journalist Julio Ricardo Varela
Meet Heather Henriksen, director of the Harvard Office for Sustainability
Harvard’s chief sustainability officer on scaling up green solutions while scaling back its environmental footprint
Meet Matthew Wittmann, the new curator of The Harvard Theatre Collection
Cultural historian Matthew Wittmann makes a home at Harvard's performing-arts library.
John Adams as a Harvard student, by Richard Alan Ryerson
What he learned and what he made of it
Brief life of Alan Seeger, poet and soldier in World War I
Brief live of a premonitory poet: 1888-1916
Paul Zeitz established the math-focused Proof School in San Francisco
A private San Francisco middle school and high school nurture a passion for numbers.
by Violet Baron
Brief life of George Bucknam Dorr, a founder of Acadia National Park
Brief life of a persistent conservationist: 1853-1944