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

Poet Cynthia Zarin's Debut Novel "Inverno"

Poet Cynthia Zarin ’81’s first novel Inverno, a study in yearning and desire.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Dialogue, not Debate

American University’s Lara Schwartz, J.D. ’98, teaches productive disagreement.

by Max J. Krupnick

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter-Brown

Leading with Care

Michael Hill strikes the right balance.

by Max J. Krupnick

A Dogged Observer

Novelist and psychiatrist Daniel Mason takes the long view.

by Max J. Krupnick

Making Space

The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture

by Nina Pasquini

Diagnosis by Fiction

The “Healing Quartet” probes medicine—and life.

by Craig Lambert

Greg Stone, An Emerging Novelist at 70

Late-life inspiration leads to pulpy noir novel

by Lydialyle Gibson