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.
Harvard Portrait: Amy Wagers
The skydiving Forst Family professor studies the pathophysiology of aging.
by Oset Babür
2019 Overseer and HAA Director Candidates
The official 2019 slates
A Crossroads in Biomedicine?
Uncertainty and humanity could be key to addressing the reproducibility crisis.
This Year’s Overseer and HAA Director Candidates
The official nominees for 2019 are announced.
John Ruskin, Victorian Radical and Art Historian
A Houghton exhibition explores the thinker’s influences and impact.
Tracy K. Smith Named Harvard Arts Medalist
The U.S. poet laureate will be honored on May 2.
Will future online education become limited to professional degrees?
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Manuscripts Illuminated…by Women
Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.
Cellist Laurence Lesser is profiled
A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning
Harvard degree-program affiliates in the 116th Congress
Degree-program affiliates now number 53, with 15 in the Senate and 38 in the House.