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.
2023 Candidates for Overseers and HAA Elected Directors
Candidates for Overseers and HAA elected directors
Building a Better World
MASS Design’s healing architecture
by Mark Travis
Archibald Henry Grimke
Brief life of a Black Harvard Law School graduate: 1849-1930
Plumbing the Deep Sea
Peter Girguis probes life on the ocean floor.
Albanian Joins the Language Curriculum
Harvard is the only Ivy League institution to offer the rare European language.
Hume, Heaney, Harvard—and Peace in Northern Ireland
In life and literature, living “dangerously out between” opposing factions while seeking common ground
Improving Accessibility
A Harvard Kennedy School panel raises unnoticed policy issues.
Humans on Horseback
New evidence on domestication of horses—and the spread of an ancient Eurasian culture
A Wide Receiver on the Basketball Court
Chris Ledlum ’23 makes his mark on the hardcourt.
Research Clusters Seek Climate Solutions
Teams of Harvard researchers will develop concrete proposals for addressing specific climate impacts.