Alumni Profiles

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

How a Harvard Hockey Legend Became a Needlepoint Artist

Joe Bertagna’s retirement project recreates figures from Boston sports history.

by Schuyler Velasco

Higher Education Reform and the SAT

Nicholas Lemann on revising standardized testing to address real educational needs

In 'Homeland,' n+1 writer Richard Beck excavates the War on Terror

How the War on Terror reshaped American life

by Nina Pasquini

An Underknown Twentieth Century Realist Artist

Brief life of an American realist artist and critic: 1907-1975

by Jane Borthwick

Listening to Sperm Whales

After listening to leviathans, an undergraduate comes to conservation.  

by Jonathan Shaw

Alexander Heffner Interviews Republican and Democratic Politicians

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Architect Kimberly Dowdell is Changing Her Profession

Kimberly Dowdell influences her profession—and the built environment.

by Nell Porter-Brown

50 Marathons in 50 States: Scott Kline

Harvard Law School's Scott Kline ’88.

Slow and Steady

A Harvard Law School graduate completes marathons in all 50 states.  

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard Cardinal Robert W. McElroy on the Changing Catholic Church

Cardinal Robert W. McElroy on how the Catholic Church has moved towards inclusivity.

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Harvard Ballerina and Physicist

Ballerina and quantum physicist Merritt Moore ’11 connects humans and machines.

by Nina Pasquini