Alumni Profiles
Spotlight stories on alumni who are leading, innovating, and making a difference.
No More [Lovin’ That] Dirty Water
Enjoying Boston Harbor’s Renaissance this summer
by Nell Porter-Brown
An Argument for Music
Critic Alex Ross keeps "classical" music current...
by Paul Gleason
Thoroughly Eclectic
Performer Eisa Davis, now starring on Broadway in Passing Strange, stays open to her many artistic passions, including playwriting (Bulrusher, Angela's Mixtape) and singing (her devut album is Something Else)...
by Julia Wallace
From Soaps to Solos
Operatic bass Ethan Herschenfeld sings around the world, but also enjoys acting on TV (Damages)...
by Daniela Amini
Your Money, or Your Life?
The promise of a more fulfilling approach to personal finance: George Kinder, author of Seven Stages of Money Maturity, explains how financial planning is an emotional process...
by Nell Porter-Brown
Rebuilding Churches
In college, Tim McCarthy ’93 was deeply involved in public service—as a Big Brother and head of the Freshman Urban Program steering...
Sleuths in Love
Screenwriter turned novelist Eric Lerner ’71 finds his voice...
by Craig Lambert
Underground Party
Commuters making their way through the underground corridors of the sprawling Times Square subway station in Manhattan now have some...
Solar Sculptor
Michael Kapetan’s sundials don’t do “clock time”...
by Cara Feinberg
George Bancroft
Brief life of a public historian: 1800-1891...
Fishing for Answers
Photograph by Ralf-Finn Hestoft Neil Shubin and Tiktaalik In 2005, parents and school officials in Dover, Pennsylvania, were locked in a...
by Nell Porter-Brown