Students & Alumni

Centennial Medalists

Commencement |

Saluting the 2025 Centennial Medalists

Four alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.

by Olivia Farrar

Alumni | September-October 2016

“Math Kids” Facilitator

A private San Francisco middle school and high school nurture a passion for numbers.

by Violet Baron

George Bucknam Dorr on the Beachcroft Path on Huguenot Head

Features | September-October 2016

George Bucknam Dorr

Brief life of a persistent conservationist: 1853-1944

by Steven Pavlos Holmes

Alumni | September-October 2016

Private Eye

Boston-based private investigator Sarah Alcorn is “a bit of an oddball in this business.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Alumni | September-October 2016

Staying Fit Through the HAA

President Martin J. Grasso boosts alumni volunteerism.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Features | September-October 2016

A Literary Chameleon

Colson Whitehead ’91 plays for higher stakes in his new novel.

by Jesse McCarthy

Alumni | July-August 2016

The Comeback Kid

The post-Harvard hockey tales of Bill Keenan

by Bailey Trela

Megan White Mukuria and her tools

Alumni | July-August 2016

Tools for Change

An alumna’s novel approach to helping Kenyan tweens

by Olivia Campbell

Features | July-August 2016

Nathaniel Bowditch

Brief life of a mathematician and businessman: 1773-1839

by Tamara Plakins ...

Features | July-August 2016

The Outsiders’ Insider

Turning the Black List into a business, to modernize Hollywood’s dream machine

by Sophia Nguyen

Commercial fisherman Russell Sherman still admires the fishermen he worked for in his early days: “Strong, and strong-willed, independent men. Most were veterans of World War II, and had been through a lot—they had tremendous work ethic. And I wanted nothing but to earn their respect.”

Alumni | July-August 2016

Teach a Man to Fish

How Gloucester’s Russell Sherman got hooked

by Nell Porter-Brown