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 Modern World Reconceived
Interpreting politics through the rise of technocracy, morality, and the “web of capital”
“Something Is Very Broken”
Boston Area Gleaners fights hunger from the ground up.
Helping Hands
Future physician Victor A. Lopez-Carmen fights for Indigenous healthcare equity
The Climate Connection Between Campus and Home
An undergraduate perspective on the gathering crisis
Making Charitable Giving More Competent
How psychological insight can make altruism more rewarding and effective
Commencement and Alumni Events 2023
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Enablers of the Unethical
A Harvard Business School professor turns the stage lights on the supporting cast that facilitates unethical acts
Using Cancer to Kill Cancer
A novel immunotherapy turns cancer against itself.
Roger Fu
A paleomagnetics scholar who uses ancient rocks to peer into the early lives of Earth and Mars
Seeking Climate Solutions
Teams of Harvard researchers have developed concrete proposals for addressing specific climate impacts.