Alumni Profiles


Slow and Steady

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

by Jacob Sweet

This Land Was Made For…

A Utah activist reflects on 40 years of land conservation—and what’s coming next.

by Nell Porter Brown

Up Close

Composer Ashley Fure wants people to listen to noise.

by Jennifer Gersten

Criminal Injustice

Alec Karakatsanis puts “human caging” and “wealth-based detention” in America on trial.

by Michael Zuckerman

The Portraitist

Elsa Dorfman, BI ’73, looks back on her photography.

by Sophia Nguyen

Carl Thorne-Thomsen

Brief life of a man of principle: 1946-1967

by Bonnie Docherty

“Practicing My Purpose”

The Grammy Award-winning songwriter Dan Wilson reclaims his catalog.

by Max Suechting

“Patchwork Futures”

Sci-fi meets the political thriller.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The Call of the Creeks

Landscape and bird artist James Coe reflects the Hudson Valley

by Nell Porter Brown

Widening the College Pipeline

Harvard alumna Debbie Bial's Posse Foundation and a “new national leadership pipeline”

by Nell Porter Brown

Slow and Steady Wins the Pulitzer

David Fahrenthold ’00 will continue to hold President Trump accountable. 

by Oset Babür