Alumni Profiles

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

Older man in a green sweater holds a postcard in a warmly decorated office.

How a Harvard Hockey Legend Became a Needlepoint Artist

Joe Bertagna’s retirement project recreates figures from Boston sports history.

by Schuyler Velasco

Photo of museum historian and curator Philip C. Mead

The Tangible Past

How Philip C. Mead enlivens American history

by Nell Porter-Brown

A smiling woman with brown hair next to three book covers

Living the Science Fiction Fantasy

Novelist Catherine Asaro’s space operas

by Lydialyle Gibson

A woman with a backpack and a cup of coffee in a forest with fake snow and a small horse-drawn wagon.

Behind the Scenes

The quirky surrealism of production designer Sue Chan

by Stuart Miller

Bronze sculpture of a winged face and torso stands in a lush green garden

Thinking Archaically

The earthly permanence of Romolo Del Deo’s sculpture

by Jacob Sweet

Ruth Simmons as a young graduate

Educational Ascent

Ruth Simmons on her ascent from sharecropper’s daughter to scholar

Illustration for Harvard Lampoon cover showing a Harvard-Yale football game rendered in the style of the famous Bayeux Tapestry

Football: The Tapestry

David C.K. McClelland’s famous Lampoon cover

by Craig Lambert

Apollonia Poilâne standing in front of rows of fresh-baked loaves at her family's flagship bakery

Her Bread and Butter

A third-generation French baker on legacy loaves and the magic of baking

by Nell Porter-Brown

Amir Bitran

Making Music Out of DNA Loops

Composer and biophysicist Amir Bitran ’16, Ph.D. ’23

by Nancy Walecki

Portrait of editors Rebecca Panovka and Kiara Barrow

The New Little Magazines

Keeping literature and long-form journalism alive

by Nancy Walecki

“This global, diverse, vibrant community”

Alumni Association President Ty Moore

by Nell Porter-Brown