Alumni Profiles


Slow and Steady

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

by Jacob Sweet

An Embodied Voice

Adriana Colón forges aural connections.

by Matteo Wong

“A Kind of Justice in the World”

Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Fire in “A Burning”

Megha Majumdar’s novel of India resonates in the United States.

by Lydialyle Gibson

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

Melissa Dell

“In the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, people in academic institutions like Harvard predominantly studied the U.S. and Europe,” says the development economist.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

“From Neither Here Nor There”

Sociologist Roberto Gonzales on the predicament of undocumented young people

by Lydialyle Gibson

One Small Step for Music

A professor’s interstellar reach

by Jacob Sweet

“Theater Is Church”

Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life

by Stuart Miller

The Power of Unreason

Paul Moravec’s soulful music

by Lydialyle Gibson

Seriously Goofy

Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.

by Jacob Sweet