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.
Susan Cain foments the "Quiet Revolution."
Susan Cain foments the “Quiet Revolution.”
Brief life of Henry Knowles Beecher, anesthetist and late-blooming ethicist
Brief life of a late-blooming ethicist: 1904-1976
by Jack El-Hai
Justice Stephen Breyer is profiled by Lincoln Caplan
The optimistic project of Justice Stephen Breyer
Documentarian Kent Garrett reflects on how “Black Journal” broke down barriers
How Black Journal raised the country's consciousness, and opened Kent Garrett's eyes to television's potential
Composer Robert Kyr embraces love, peace, and nature.
Composer Robert Kyr embraces love, peace, and nature.
The future of work and the sharing economy
Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan takes on the app economy.
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
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.