Alumni Profiles

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

Aerial view of a landscaped area with trees and seating, surrounded by buildings and parking.

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.

by Claire Zulkey

Michael Hill in a Marlins quarter zip

Leading with Care

Michael Hill strikes the right balance.

by Max J. Krupnick

Daniel Mason posing with a tree

A Dogged Observer

Novelist and psychiatrist Daniel Mason takes the long view.

by Max J. Krupnick

Photograph of Stephen Bergman at home in Massachusetts

Diagnosis by Fiction

The “Healing Quartet” probes medicine—and life.

by Craig Lambert

Yamamoto's installation, made of 20 orange tubes that stretch from floor to ceiling in a white room.

Making Space

The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture

by Nina Pasquini

Photograph of Winthrop Bell 1910

Winthrop Bell: Harvard Philosopher, MI6 Spy, and Early Forecaster of the Holocaust

Brief life of a philosopher and spy: 1884-1965

by Jason Bell

Greg Stone poses in front of trees

Greg Stone, An Emerging Novelist at 70

Late-life inspiration leads to pulpy noir novel

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photo of museum historian and curator Philip C. Mead

The Tangible Past

How Philip C. Mead enlivens American history

by Nell Porter-Brown

A smiling woman with brown hair next to three book covers

Living the Science Fiction Fantasy

Novelist Catherine Asaro’s space operas

by Lydialyle Gibson

A woman with a backpack and a cup of coffee in a forest with fake snow and a small horse-drawn wagon.

Behind the Scenes

The quirky surrealism of production designer Sue Chan

by Stuart Miller

Bronze sculpture of a winged face and torso stands in a lush green garden

Thinking Archaically

The earthly permanence of Romolo Del Deo’s sculpture

by Jacob Sweet