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

The Harvard women’s lacrosse team takes the field.

Tackling harassment, athletics, and barriers to foreign scholars and students

Tackling harassment, athletics, and barriers to international scholars and students

by John S. Rosenberg

Painting of a young Korean-American woman in a Harvard T-shirt walking beside a stream in a lush, hilly Hawaiian landscape

The Undergraduate on the ethics of gathering knowledge

The Undergraduate explores the ethics of gathering knowledge.

by Julie Chung

Photograph of Sarah Richardson in her office

Science historian Sarah Richardson profiled by Bennett McIntosh

Historian and philosopher Sarah Richardson interrogates the science of sex and gender.

by Bennett McIntosh

William Monroe Trotter (first row, fifth from right) with other leaders of the Liberty League, circa 1920

William Monroe Trotter

Brief life of a black radical: 1872-1934

by Kerri K. Greenidge

William G. Kaelin pictured in his home in Boston shortly after receiving the call from Sweden

William Kaelin Wins Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Kaelin is the forty-ninth Harvard faculty member to win the Nobel. 

Harvard education dean Bridget Terry Long and Sesame Workshop CEO Jeffrey Dunn with a group of Muppets

Sesame Street's fiftieth anniversary party at Harvard

Sesame Street celebrates a 50-year collaboration with Harvard.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A scan from the program for the eighth annual conference of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Technology, including the words "peer learning" and a drawing of a lightbulb.

Eighth Annual HILT Conference Focuses on Peer Learning

The eighth annual conference of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching

by Jonathan Shaw

A lake next to a mountain with autumn foliage and fog

Is Climate Change Ruining Fall?

Fewer cold nights could mean muted displays of fall color. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

A portrait of Jerry Mitrovica at his desk

Harvard's Jerry X. Mitrovica Awarded MacArthur grant

The geophysicist has pioneered the understanding that sea-level rise around the globe will vary significantly depending on crustal dynamics and gravitational forces. 

by Jonathan Shaw

The class of 2023 displays its class year banner for the first time

Convocation 2019

First-year Convocation for the class of 2023

by Nina Pasquini