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 Medical School’s Bruce Walker studies “elite controllers” of HIV
The immune systems of “elite controllers” point to HIV’s vulnerabilities.
The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College
The Undergraduate considers the composition of Harvard College.
Profile of Daniela Lamas, a critical-care physician
Daniela Lamas and the practice of post-ICU care
Ulysses S. Grant profile by Elizabeth D. Samet
Brief history of the image of a hero: 1822-1885
Confronting pitfalls of machine learning, artificial intelligence
Ethics and the dawn of decision-making machines
Philip J. Deloria, scholar of Native American studies
Philip Deloria studies American Indians and the contradictions that made America.
Profile of winemaker Kelby Russell
Why the vineyards of New York called Kelby Russell home
Profile of installation artist Liz Glynn
In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value
Playwright Bess Wohl: a profile
Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
“Austerity—When It Works and When It Doesn’t” reviewed by Idrees Kahloon
Economists revisit an unsettled economic policy.