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

Abstract illustration of DNA, a patient's back with multiple bullseye rashes, and a deer tick.

Deciphering Lyme Disease

Whole-genome analysis exposes the sophistication and vulnerabilities underlying Lyme disease.

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration of two men facing opposite directions, one viewing the world through fully parted curtains, the other through curtains partially opened.

Values and Voting Patterns

Thinking globally versus locally is predictive of political views

Illustration of a school of fish in which the lead fish is actually a robot

What Makes Fish Fast?

George Lauder investigates nature’s solutions to underwater speed.

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Letters about the Middle East war and campus upheavals, the energy transition, legacies, and more

a person smoking in the foreground with x-rays of tuberculosis in the background

Tobacco Smoke and Tuberculosis

Harvard researchers illuminate a longstanding epidemiological connection. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard President Claudine Gay

Harvard President Claudine Gay Testifies Before Congress

On antisemitism, “I have sought to confront hate while preserving free expression.”

by Max J. Krupnick

Viewers of the footage queued outside Harvard Art Museums awaiting security screening.

Bearing Witness to Terrorism

Harvard Chabad, IDF, and Bill Ackman screen October 7 Hamas footage

by Max J. Krupnick

The "Fab Five of Harvard Sports" panelists: (left to right) Ben Crockett ’02, Allison Feaster ’98, Don Sweeney ’88, and Jessica Gelman ’97, M.B.A. ’02, alongside Harvard Club president Marcus O.P. DeFlorimonte PMD '95.

From the Field to the Front Office

Harvard alumni executives in sports

by Max J. Krupnick

Male and female icons on a green background

The male-female longevity gap widens

Men’s lower life expectancy fueled by COVID-19, overdoses

by Max J. Krupnick

Boy and girl uses VR goggles

Parenting Digital Kids

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy advises parents on child social media usage

by Max J. Krupnick