Alumni & People

curation of alumni people, faculty and student profiles

Conan O’Brien in a dark suit and light shirt, smiling and posing with hands clasped.

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

Martha Muñoz and Dorothy Roberts

Two Harvardians Win 2024 MacArthur Fellowships

A legal scholar studying inequality and an evolutionary biologist honored.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A group of clinicians and professionals gathered at a panel discussion, against a backdrop saying "World Medical Innovation Forum."

Can New Drugs Help Millions of Americans with Obesity?

GLP-1s like Ozempic in the future of healthcare

by Olivia Farrar

25 Years of the Radcliffe Institute

A “messy experiment” in creative, interdisciplinary research

by Nina Pasquini

Portrait of Anthony Abraham Jack

Harvard Haves and Have-Nots

Anthony Abraham Jack’s important, critical new book on Crimson undergraduates

by John S. Rosenberg

five small sculptures of houses made of brass, suspended on posts and placed on the grassy shore overlooking Duxbury Bay

Among the Oyster Houses

Harvard students’ art installation nods at New England’s coastal farms.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Nuclear Treaties and the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict

Mitigating nuclear risks in modern warfare

by Olivia Farrar

A page from the diary of an Egyptian foreman with scale drawings and text in Arabic

An Egyptian Archaeological Treasure

Worker journals detail the scientific approach promulgated by George Reisner.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Kristen Faulkner

Harvard at the Olympics

Crimson athletes win 13 medals

by Max J. Krupnick

Crimson Campaign Consultants

Two Harvard alumni have helped bring advanced data analysis to political contests across the country.

by Jack R. Trapanick

Colorful metal chairs arranged in a circle on the grass under trees in Harvard Yard. Red brick buildings in the background.

Quiet Conversations that Defined Harvard During a Viral Year

The quiet conversations that defined Harvard during a viral year

by Isabella Cho