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. 

by Schuyler Velasco

Edward S. Steinfeld reviews Ezra Vogel’s “China and Japan: Facing History”

The parallel, perilous, histories of China and Japan

MV Mycological’s shiitakes

The farmers at MV Mycological hope so.

by Nell Porter-Brown

2019 Harvard Medalists

For extraordinary service to the University

Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 2019 Centennial Medalists

Contributions to society from graduate research

The short-term investing trap

Long-term investors fall to short-term thinking.

by Jacob Sweet

The 2019 Harvard Cambridge Scholars

Britain-bound

Exploring the secret lives of cervids

Ecologists aim to understand how deer form their home ranges.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Wyss Institute Receives $131 Million to Support Translational Research

A third round of funding by one of Harvard's leading donors

by Jonathan Shaw

New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced

The newly elected Harvard Overseers and HAA directors of 2019