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.
The GOP's Return to Ideas?
Proposing a new Republican platform
Alumnus Moungi Bawendi Shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Chemist revolutionized production process of quantum dots
Bringing Art to Life
Cecilia Zhou’s approach to makeup, protest, and science
Practicing Public Thoughts
For a young journalist, digital footprints have always been tricky.
by Josie Abugov
A “Romper Room” Diploma
President Claudine Gay’s first semester-opening Morning Prayers
Black Students Speak
Jarvis Givens on two centuries of African American education
The Men Who Can’t Be Saved
Novelist Ben Purkert’s playfully serious look at masculinity
Making Music Out of DNA Loops
Composer and biophysicist Amir Bitran ’16, Ph.D. ’23
The New Little Magazines
Keeping literature and long-form journalism alive
The New Crew
The 2023-24 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows.