Alumni Profiles

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

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

“Something Is Very Broken”

Boston Area Gleaners fights hunger from the ground up.

by Nell Porter-Brown

A Wide Receiver on the Basketball Court

Chris Ledlum ’23 makes his mark on the hardcourt.

by David L. Tannenwald

Flying Squirrel

Wingsuit skydiver Alejandro Montagna on minimizing risk—at 150 mph

by Nancy Walecki

Dumebi Menakaya Shoots Secrecy

The photographer takes self-portraits—without photographing herself.

by Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead

When Children Fall Ill

“You work in the hope space, and you tend to the grief.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

We Remember WWI

Alums’ remarkable memories of World War I,  revisited this Veterans Day

by Adam Goodheart

The Irresistible Allison Feaster

A basketball star's journey from the Harvard hardwood to the Celtics front office

by Lydialyle Gibson

George Reisner

Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942

by Peter Der Manuelian

NFL Referee Ron Torbert Makes the Tough Calls

A Harvard Law alum puts his degree to work on the field.

by Craig Lambert

Justice Elena Kagan, in Dissent

Ebbing trust in the Supreme Court, and what to do about it  

by Lincoln Caplan