Fifteen Questions: Kristi Jobson on Law School, ‘Legally Blonde,’ and Her Time as an FM Writer

The Harvard Law School admissions officer sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss her former life with the magazine — and her path to teaching and law school.

Fifteen Questions: Jessica Marglin on Jewish Studies, the Dudley Co-Op, and Campus Protest Culture

The Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations professor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss what’s changed — and what hasn’t — on her return to the College 20 years after graduating.

Fifteen Questions: Bo-Mi T. Choi on Critical Theory, Dreams, and Harvard

The Social Studies lecturer sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss her perspective on the University she’s preparing to leave.

Jerold Kayden Has Built a Life Out of Cities and Music

Jerold Kayden's love of music led him to get a ride to the airport from Oprah Winfrey and join Michael Jackson on his first solo international tour. Yet the Graduate School of Design professor's career interests have remained focused on the "built environment."

Meet the Digital Wellness Expert With an AI Doppelganger

Michael Rich’s decision to turn his work into an AI persona promises a future where people access patient care not through doctors’ appointments, but through artificially intelligent digital interfaces.

Fifteen Questions: Michael McCormick on the Joys of Curiosity

The medieval history professor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss the marvels of archaeology, history, and the Roman Empire.

Out of the Ranks, And Into the Classroom

When Edward Somuk applied to college, he did so in part because he wondered, after fighting in two wars, why exactly he was “compelled” to go to war in the first place.

Navy SEAL and Astronaut Jonny Kim on Relearning Empathy and Awe

The Harvard Medical School graduate, who recently finished 245 days aboard the International Space Station, has not always been so fearless.

Framing the Past: Allison Jackson Talks Frame Conservation

While a visitor might spend minutes analyzing a painting, the frame rarely commands the same attention. Jackson’s life work as a conservator, however, suggests we take a different approach to perceiving frames.

Fifteen Questions: Pat and Tammy McLeod on Faith, Football, and Finding Hope in Ambiguous Loss

The married couple, both Harvard Chaplains, sat down with Fifteen Minutes in the Student Oasis on the ground floor of the Memorial Church to discuss their ministry with athletes, navigating interfaith work at Harvard, and how their son Zach's traumatic brain injury reshaped their understanding of grief.

Fifteen Questions: John Quackenbush on the Art of Film Projection

The AFVS projectionist sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss Super 8, movie theaters, Instagram, and the other John Quackenbush.

Fifteen Questions: Christopher Stubbs on Fly Fishing, AI, and Astropolitical Intrigue

The physics and astronomy professor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss his work on dark energy and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the largest digital camera in the world.

Letting Go of Mars: Madison Marsh’s Path in Service

Marsh’s life now — from winning Miss America in 2024, to serving in the United States Air Force, to enrolling as a graduate student at the Harvard Kennedy School — is far from what she ever imagined. And while grappling with ever changing dreams and passions hasn’t been easy, Marsh is certain that life will always “pan out the way that it’s supposed to.”

Fifteen Questions: Jacob Barandes on Quantum Theory, Teaching, and Oppenheimer

The physics senior preceptor sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss New York City, interdisciplinarity, and the origins of math.

Mortality in Academia

Six Harvard professors in a variety of fields — from medicine and chemistry to economics and history — reflect on their mortality, their academic and personal lives, and the legacies they hope to leave behind.

Fifteen Questions: Richard Renaldi on Strangers, Self-Portraits, and Soul Food Restaurants

The professional photographer and current visiting lecturer sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss how he approaches photography and interprets art.

5000 Miles From Home: Trump’s Travel Ban is Keeping This Harvard Student From Returning

After his native Syria was added to the United States’s full travel ban list in January, Zein A. Zammar ’29 can either return home or attend Harvard University. He cannot do both.

There’s a Lot You Don’t Know About Divya Narendra

Fifteen years after ‘The Social Network’ made him — and his Facebook lawsuit — famous, we check in with the ConnectU co-founder.

Fifteen Questions: Jason Rubenstein on Pluralism, Reflection, and Leadership Through Crisis

The Executive Director of Harvard Hillel sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss antisemitism on campus, the pressures of leadership, and what keeps him grounded.

A HUDS Recipe for Love

This Cabot couple has come a long way since their first moonlit kiss by the beach in 1987.

The Lone Artist Who Loves the Collective: Agnieszka Kurant Talks Collectivity, Complex Systems, and the Purpose of Art

Following a chance encounter on the train, Polish conceptual artist Agnieszka Kurant welcomed me into her multidisciplinary universe, where anthropology meets art meets sociology meets philosophy meets a colony of termites.

Fifteen Questions: Bonnie Talbert on Contact Juggling, Nietzsche, and Local Government

The Eliot House Dean sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss education in an AI age, obscure hobbies, and her time on the Wheel of Fortune.

Fifteen Questions: Doris Sommer on Optimism, the Role of the Humanities, and the Montessori Education

Doris Sommer sat down with Fifteen Minutes to talk about her work with “Pre-Texts,” an arts-based training program for teaching literacy and citizenship, what brings her joy, and the role of optimism in higher learning.

15Q: Doris Sommer

Fifteen Questions: Julie Vu on Human Judgment, Teaching Philosophies, and Why Good Data Matters

The lauded Preceptor and Curriculum/Pedagogy Specialist in Statistics sat down with Fifteen Minutes to talk about her long-held love of teaching, the importance of good data in an increasingly polarized world, and student culture at Harvard.