Alumni Profiles

Alexander Heffner and Governor Maura Healey

Alumni Profiles |

Breaking Bread

Alexander Heffner ’12 plumbs the state of democracy.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Photo of Geoffrey Fowler with old and new smartphones

Alumni | January-February 2020

Your Tech Relationship Counselor

Geoffrey Fowler tackles the “great reckoning” with privacy.

by Jacob Sweet

William Monroe Trotter (first row, fifth from right) with other leaders of the Liberty League, circa 1920

Features | November-December 2019

William Monroe Trotter

Brief life of a black radical: 1872-1934

by Kerri K. Greenidge

Photograph of A.O. Scott at the Quad Cinema, New York City.

Features | November-December 2019

The Way of the Critic

A.O. Scott on watching and reviewing a lot of movies

by Craig Lambert

A magician and comedian doing a card trick with an audience member

Montage | November-December 2019

Comedy Is Magic

For Harrison Greenbaum, it began with “Pick a card….”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Singer Ali Sethi gestures toward the audience at Sanders Theatre, while students dance on stage behind him.

Montage | November-December 2019

“A Melodic Being”

Singer Ali Sethi finds his voice in classical Pakistani music.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Upsolve co-founder Rohan Pavuluri (right) and summer staffer Nick Brown in front of an Upsolve sign.

Alumni | September-October 2019

Debt Reliever

Rohan Pavuluri and Upsolve help low-income families cope with debt.

by Nina Pasquini

Photograph of John Fish

Montage | September-October 2019

Figuring It Out

On YouTube, watch John Fish grow.

by Jacob Sweet

A stage set from “The Bridges of Madison County”

Montage | September-October 2019

Creating a Scene

Lighting and set designer Elizabeth Mak communicates stories.

by Nina Pasquini

A still from “Reneepoptosis” by animator Renee Zhang

Montage | September-October 2019

“Kind of Dark and Scary”

Animator Renee Zhan finds self-discovery in strange landscapes.

by S.I. Rosenbaum

Elizabeth Thomas shown on her couch at home with her own small dogs, Chapek and Kafka, and her son’s large dog, Clover, whom she watches when he is away.

Alumni | September-October 2019

A New Way of Being in the World

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s “laser beam” insights into the lives of animals and humans

by Marina N. Bolotnikova