Alumni Profiles

Alumni Profiles |

Slow and Steady

A Harvard Law School graduate completes marathons in all 50 states.  

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of a stout middle-aged woman seated at her desk, writing

Features | March-April 2021

Elizabeth Bangs Bryant

Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist

by Reed Gochberg

Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones poses stylishly in a studio

Alumni | March-April 2021

Curator of American Culture

Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

A photograph of the border wall stretching toward a mountain in the distance

Students & Alumni |

Encounters at the Border

Photographer Morgan Smith ’60 documents life on the precarious precipice between Mexico and the United States.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Philanthropist Edwin Binney with Helen Willard, curator of the Harvard Theatre Collection

Features | January-February 2021

Edwin Binney, 3rd

Brief life of a philanthropic art collector: 1925-1986

by Madison U. Sowell

Shelby Meyerhoff's photographic self-portrait of her head and shoulders transformed with body paints into a blue-ringed octopus

Montage | January-February 2021

“We’re All Animals”

Shelby Meyerhoff’s liminal, liberating body painting

by Lydialyle Gibson

Producer Jeff Schaffer sits between star Larry David (left) and another cast member on the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” set.

Montage | January-February 2021

“Magical Digressions”

TV writer and producer Jeff Schaffer on how to be funny

by Stuart Miller

David Roberts seated outdoors on a stone wall by the Charles River

Alumni | January-February 2021

Defying Limits

David Roberts: A lifetime of adventures, risks, and rewards

by Nell Porter Brown

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Michael Fabiano in the Associated Press newsroom

University News |

Making the Call

The AP’s Michael Fabiano on the 2020 election

by Jacob Sweet

Ross Douthat standing in a wooded park

Features | November-December 2020

The Conservative

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval

by Lydialyle Gibson