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

A Harvard graduate’s reflections on being homeless

A Harvard graduate’s reflections on being unhoused

by Jason Adam Sheets

Harvard physicians on the digital healthcare revolution

Harvard physicians on the future of medicine

by Olivia Farrar

A Ray of Light amid Middle East Devastation

Harvard’s Lisa Randall on Israeli and Palestinian scientists working together

by Olivia Farrar

How Political Tension on Campus Creates Risk Aversion

How overheated political attention warps campus life

by Aden Barton

Harvard Professor on Social Psychology for Understanding War

Two scholars’ extracurricular efforts in the Middle East

by Primus VI

Harvard Crimson Fencers at Paris 2024 Olympics

Eight Olympics-bound Harvard fencers

by Max J. Krupnick

Six Decades of Computer Science at Harvard

Reflections on six decades of relations with computers

by Harry R. Lewis

Landscapes of a Harvard Plein Air Painter

Kathleen B Hudson ’09 captures the essence of the outdoors, from the Rocky Mountains to the beaches of Maui.

by Brandon Rosas

Broadway Director from Harvard Adapting Disney

Broadway music director Madeline Benson on art and collaboration

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Researchers on Speaking to Whales

Project CETI’s pioneering effort to unlock the language of sperm whales

by Jonathan Shaw