Alumni & People
curation of alumni people, faculty and student profiles
Conan O’Brien Named Harvard’s 2026 Commencement Speaker
The comedian, host, and 1985 graduate will deliver remarks at the May 28 ceremony.
Profile of voiceover actor Adriana Colón
Adriana Colón forges aural connections.
by Matteo Wong
Profile of novelist and TV doctor Ian K. Smith
Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction
Megha Majumdar's debut novel, “A Burning,” tackles inequality and violence
The Harvard graduate, who grew up in Kolkata, mines the India of her childhood for a tale with modern resonance.
New HAA president John West
HAA president John West promotes interconnections within the University.
The much-shrunken class of 1823
The Class of 1823 goes rogue and gets booted.
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic, led by Emily Broad Leib
A holistic approach to food safety and food law
Medford’s Royall House and Slave Quarters
Preserving black history as “an act of liberation”
Dairy culture on the Eurasian Steppe
Ancient dental plaque points to the historical significance of dairy culture on the Eurasian Steppe.
Harvard Portrait: Venkatesh Murthy
A brief look at what animals’ sense of smell reveals about the brain
Lessons from the natural world
The Undergraduate reassesses the rhythms of the natural world.