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

Naturalist Mark W. Moffett, author of “The Human Swarm”

Naturalist Mark W. Moffett investigates insects—and now, evolving human societies.

by Nell Porter-Brown

2019 Overseer and HAA Director Candidates

The official 2019 slates

Harvard College course shopping period

Undergraduates’ flexibility in registering for courses is retained for at least a year or two.

by John S. Rosenberg

Replacement of Iberian Men 4,000 Years Ago Raises Fresh Questions

Ancient DNA reveals Bronze Age replacement of Iberian men, raising new questions.

by Bennett McIntosh

Excavating 1968

The premiere of an alumnus’s film about a seminal year at Harvard and beyond 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Adams House Renewal

A complex, four-year plan for renewing a complicated House

by John S. Rosenberg

Of Dumplings, Bok Choy, and the Politics of Emoji

Jennifer 8. Lee ’99 on the world of “emoji activism” 

by Jacob Sweet

Min Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean Diaspora

“I worry a great deal about how Koreans are perceived,” the author says.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Michele Forman, film professor at University of Alabama at Birmingham: a profile

Michele Forman ’93 offers her UAB film students technical competency and ethical context.

by Shane Brodie