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.
Winthrop House tensions and government department concerns
Winthrop House tensions and government department concerns
Howard Gardner et al. on higher education in the twenty-first century
Howard Gardner and colleagues release a seven-year study of higher education in the twenty-first century.
Harvard baseball center fielder Ben Skinner
For speedy center fielder Ben Skinner, slowing down is key.
by Jacob Sweet
Rafael Campo of HMS: a profile by Lydialyle Gibson
Rafael Campo’s compassionate care
Harry Elkins Widener, profiled by Daniel Blank
Brief life of Harry Elkins Widener, theater-loving bibliophile: 1885-1912
by Daniel Blank
Inflammation causes many common diseases of aging
Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?
Justice Holmes, presented by Stephen Budiansky and Lincoln Caplan
A new biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. illuminates the Supreme Court during the centennial of his most momentous dissent.
Jocelyn and Chris Arndt became weekend rock stars at Harvard
For two Harvard siblings, studying and songwriting went hand in hand.
by Jacob Sweet
Graphic novelist Amy Chu
Graphic novelist Amy Chu
Excerpt from Anne Harrington’s “Mind Fixers”
A history of psychiatry’s troubled search for the biology of mental illness