Alumni Profiles

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

The Harvard Doctor Who Made Kidney Transplants Possible

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.

by Diane Speare Triant

A Walk through History with Justice Ginsburg

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

Plugged In

Charlene Li urges businesses to embrace social technologies.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Life in Counterpoint

Jonathan Newmark balances his day job and his music.

by Krysten A. Keches

Life and Cupcakes

Jessi Walter has fun on the job.

by Krysten A. Keches

A Pioneer in Family Planning

A new exhibition honors John C. Rock, the Harvard Medical School professor whose research and advocacy were instrumental in the development of modern fertility treatments and contraception.

Second-Life Photography

A profile of cultural photographer Lee Smith

by Craig Lambert

A Yodel for Help in the Modern World

Playwright Christopher Durang, a “native American absurdist,” writes black comedies that turn painful events into hilarity.

by Craig Lambert

Fernando Zóbel de Ayala

A brief profile of the peripatetic painter and philanthropist

by John Seed

Harvard Portrait - John Briscoe

John Briscoe will reestablish an engineering program at Harvard focused on water.

Turning Green into Gold

H. Jeffrey Leonard invests in green energy around the globe.

by Nell Porter-Brown