Alumni Profiles

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

Preserving the History of Jim Crow Era Safe Havens

Architectural historian Catherine Zipf is building a database of Green Book sites.  

by Lydialyle Gibson

Dawn LaRochelle offers kosher catering in the Berkshires

Law School alumna Dawn LaRochelle left her law practice to become a caterer and restaurateur.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Richard Dyer profiles New York Philharmonic conductor Alan Gilbert

Alan Gilbert’s music that should be heard

Profile of actor and playwright Wallace Shawn

Ubiquitous on film and TV, Wallace Shawn writes plays that pack the house—with 20.

by Craig Lambert

Video clips from Wallace Shawn's films and interviews

Interviews, a reading from a play, and a memorable scene from The Princess Bride.

An excerpt from "Running the Books" by Avi Steinberg

Learning the rules of life in prison: an excerpt from the memoir of former prison librarian Avi Steinberg ’02

Meet the young alumnae behind Her Campus

Stephanie Kaplan, Windsor Hanger, and Annie Wang founded and run the popular Internet site Her Campus.

by Sarah Berlow

Daniel Rasmussen's "American Uprising" covers the largest U.S. slave revolt

Daniel Rasmussen's new book rescues the forgotten facts of the largest slave revolt in U.S. history.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Space architect Constance Adams finds creative solutions for extreme problems

Constance Adams seeks creative solutions for extreme problems, and new ideas for this planet.

by Madeleine Schwartz

Profile of former prison librarian Avi Steinberg, author of "Running the Books"

Avi Steinberg's memoir of life as a prison librarian

by Nell Porter-Brown

Brief life of Harvard CIA agent who helped install the shah of Iran

Brief life of a Harvard conspirator: 1916-2000

by Gwen Kinkead