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.
The Pandemic’s Economic Fallout
How the COVID-19 economic crisis has been fundamentally different from past recessions
by Matteo Wong
At Home with Harvard: Pride Month
Stories on LGBTQ life, research, and history at Harvard
Harvard Scientists #Strike4BlackLives
Academia’s reckoning with anti-black racism
Searching for a COVID-19 vaccine
The when and how of vaccines
Nicholas Burns on diplomacy’s role in fostering U.S. standing in the world
On restoring American leadership through diplomacy
Music theorist Alexander Rehding profiled by Jacob Sweet
A professor’s interstellar reach
by Jacob Sweet
Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life
Playwright Katori Hall on the joy—and trauma—of black life
Excerpt from Marjorie Garber, “Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession”
Marjorie Garber explores the word’s complexity and history.
Excerpt from Alex Keyssar “Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?”
Problematic features of the Electoral College
Paul Moravec’s soulful music
Paul Moravec’s soulful music