Alumni Profiles
Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.
A Harvard Economist Probes the Affordable Housing Crisis
From understanding gender pay gaps to the housing crisis, Rebecca Diamond’s research aims to improve lives.
Online guide Olivia Gentile helps explain The Grandparent Effect
Author Olivia Gentile goes digital in her new project.
by Olivia Munk
Singer Candice Hoyes reinterprets Duke Ellington songs in new jazz album
Singer Candice Hoyes reinterprets Duke Ellington songs in her new album On a Turquoise Cloud.
by Laura Levis
Brief life of oceanographer Mary Sears, by Peter Denton
Brief life of an oceanographer and patriot: 1905-1997
by Peter Denton
T.S. Eliot as a Harvard student
A rediscovery of the emerging poet
by Adam Kirsch
Opower's Alex Laskey and Daniel Yates want to transform the electric industry
Opower works with electrical utilities to help curb energy consumption.
Poet and translator David Ferry, profiled by Spencer Lenfield
Poet and translator David Ferry
How a Harvard farrier spends her days
How a farrier spends her days
Profile of Vijay Iyer
Harvard’s first tenured professor and jazz-artist-in-residence.
Racer Patrick Staropoli strives for Nascar
A Harvard summa aims for NASCAR.
by Steve Potter
To poet Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, abandoned King Island is a potent creative source
For Joan Naviyuk Kane ’00, an abandoned island is a potent creative source.
by Melanie Wang