Alumni Profiles

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

A woman with long hair leans on a table, looking out a large window with rain-streaked glass.

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.

by Jonathan Shaw

Scheft (left) shares a laugh with his boss.

Letters & Letterman

Bill Scheft ‘79 writes comedy for David Letterman, as well as novels.

by Craig Lambert

David Malan

David J. Malan

Expert multitasker David Malan introduces students to computer science.

Gregg Hurwitz

Slaying Dragons

A crime novelist explores the deepest cracks in the human heart.

by Nell Porter-Brown

"We gave ourselves an hour of quality Wi-Fi time,” says Charlene Li of a recent hotel stop on a family vacation.

Plugged In

Charlene Li urges businesses to embrace social technologies.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Jonathan Newmark's inaugural CD

Life in Counterpoint

Jonathan Newmark balances his day job and his music.

by Krysten A. Keches

Edibles entrepreneur Jessi Walter on the job

Life and Cupcakes

Jessi Walter has fun on the job.

by Krysten A. Keches

In Yup’ik lore, the crane—depicted in the mask above—connotes stealth, power, and insight. The human face on the bird’s belly represents its <em>yua,</em> or spirit—the part of the animal that understands, and can relate to, humans. The porcelain “teeth” that border the face are a reminder to use one’s innate gifts to good effect, or risk being consumed by them. The porcelain “bones” hanging from the wings ward off evil spirits; wooden rings represent this world and the spirit world.

Mnemonic Masks

Inspired by his Yup’ik heritage, Phillip Charette educates through his art.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Agee as an aspiring writer at Harvard, cigarette and Dostoevsky's <em>The Posses

Vistas of Perfection

A profile of writer James Agee, at Harvard and beyond

by Adam Kirsch

Caroline Farrar Ware

A brief profile of the activist and scholar

by Anne Firor Scott

U.S. district judge Nancy Gertner (left) listens as Linda Greenhouse ’68, formerly the Supreme Court reporter for the <em>New York Times,</em> questions Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A Walk through History with Justice Ginsburg

The Supreme Court associate justice speaks at a Radcliffe Institute conference on gender and the law.