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.
Novelist Maggie Shipstead and “Great Circle”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
Andrew Knoll, “A Brief History of Earth,” reviewed by Jonathan Shaw
Andrew Knoll on the planet’s past—and fraught future
Pediatrician Eileen Costello, profiled by Nell Porter Brown
A pediatrician cares for a city’s children.
Overseer and alumni association candidates
The Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association director slates
Wilbur Cross, Martin Feldstein, and Charles William Eliot
Wisdom from the Great Depression—plus an accomplished economist, and rowdiness on the Charles
by Primus VI
Harvard College Announces Class of 2025 Admissions Decisions
Harvard admits a record-low 3.4 percent of applicants
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard Overseer Balloting Begins
The annual election of Overseers and alumni association directors is under way.
Repositioning Harvard House Life
Undergraduate Houses experiment and innovate in attempts to revive the effervescence that once characterized their student communities.
by Swathi Kella
Making Voters Care About Climate Change
A professor and a marketing professional try a new tack in climate-change communications.
Bringing the Stars to Light
Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.