Alumni & People

curation of alumni people, faculty and student profiles

Conan O’Brien in a dark suit and light shirt, smiling and posing with hands clasped.

Conan O’Brien Named Harvard’s 2026 Commencement Speaker

The comedian, host, and 1985 graduate will deliver remarks at the May 28 ceremony. 

by Schuyler Velasco

Harvard Magazine Reader's Letters

Master Finley, whales’ speech, Harvard values

A cube of uranium from Nazi Germany

A Block of Nazi Uranium at Harvard

Proof of a secret Nazi nuclear project

by Max J. Krupnick

Serena Jampel (left) and Yasmeen Khan (right)

Meet Harvard Magazine’s Ledecky Fellows

The 2024-2025 Undergraduate columnists

Covers of Harvard and Radcliffe College class of 1954 seventieth reunion class reports

How Harvard Has Evolved

Alumni perspectives on Harvard in crisis, and signs of a changed community

by Primus VI

Senator Warren and Representative Ayanna Pressley with Harvard Democrats members in front of campaign signs for their re-election.

Harvard Students Campaign in 2024 Election

Harvard students and the 2024 election

by Max J. Krupnick

Richard Beck sitting indoors beside a potted plant, hands clasped, looking at the camera.

In 'Homeland,' n+1 writer Richard Beck excavates the War on Terror

How the War on Terror reshaped American life

by Nina Pasquini

Clockwise from top left: Karen Lorry Chapman, George T. Hodakowski, Bill Parsons, Candace Plummer Gaudiani, Margaret M. Chin, Mark G. Pelletier, John J. Moon, and Carole Turner Reading

Harvard Miller-Hunn Awards

Miller-Hunn awardees

Collage of Chef Nisha Vora in the kitchen preparing a dish, a bowl of sticky coconut-milk-braised tofu over rice, and a plate of buttermilk-fried “chicken” with cornbread and dilly slaw.

From Harvard Law Books to Vegan Cookbooks

Nisha Vora’s vegan journey

by Claire Zulkey

A black-and-white portrait of Tomi Adeyemi, alongside the covers of her novels "Children of Blood and Bone," "Children of Anguish and Anarchy," and "Children of Virtue and Vengeance."

Harvard Author Behind Afrofuturist Trilogy “Blood and Bone”

The reality-based fantasies of novelist Tomi Adeyemi

by Lydialyle Gibson

Catherine Dulac stands beside a whiteboard filled with colorful handwritten notes and diagrams, wearing a dark blazer and patterned scarf.

Social Interaction and Human Health

Why social interactions are as vital as food and water

by Erin O’Donnell