Alumni Profiles

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

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Olympian Juliet Hochman Trains Athletes to Push Their Limits

The Harvard triathlete and coach says she helps normal people to “do extraordinary things.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

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To Promote Healthy Habits in Patients, Start With the Doctors

Why Harvard Medical School is training physicians to think more like coaches

by Jonathan Shaw

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Meet the Harvard Alumni Association’s New President

David Battat promotes alumni engagement.

by Nell Porter-Brown

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Why Men Have Worn the Same Black Suits for 200 Years

Chloe Chapin trains her Broadway costume designer’s eye on the history of men’s fashion.

by Schuyler Velasco

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How CNN’s Abby Phillip Referees Political Debates

The Harvard graduate’s roundtable talk show touches on hot button issues from religion to sex. 

by Craig Lambert

Your Views on Rabbits in Love, Dark Skies, and Education

A sampling of reader reactions

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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

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He Operates on Eyes. And He Operates a Racecar.

Harvard graduate and NASCAR racer Patrick Staropoli on pedals, attention, and fearlessness.

by Matt Crossman

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In Searing New Memoir, Emilee Hackney Struggles to Find Home

All That’s Unseen charts the Harvard graduate’s uneasy journey from Appalachia to Cambridge and back.  

by Nina Pasquini , Nell Porter-Brown

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Harvard College Dean Deming Launches Podcast

In interviews, he traces his guests’ circuitous routes to success.

by Laurel M. Shugart

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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