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

HAA Clubs and SIGs awards

Honoring the providers of exemplary service and exceptional programming

2022 HAA Award Winners

For outstanding service

wintry scene of downtown Vermont's pedestrian shopping zone

Leaning into Winter

Exploring Burlington, Vermont

by Nell Porter-Brown

House with man inside, cooled by an air conditioner

Energy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning

Two new technologies could provide an eco-friendly cooling solution.

by Nancy Walecki

Image of Uncle Sam walking away with ladders, leaving a brown hand grasping from a hole in the ground

Reparations for Slavery?

Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”

by Jonathan Shaw

Illustration of a man sleeping as an alter ego surrounded by sheep practices his golf swing

How the Brain Replays Actions During Sleep

Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.

by Erin O’Donnell

A man in a wetsuit helps an astronaut out of an Apollo capsule floating in the ocean

Apollo 17 Turns 50

Two Harvard alumni recall a return from the last human moonwalk.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan at Kempner Institute debut

Science Surges

Fostering businesses within enginnering and applied sciences, Amazon’s quantum support, and changing concentrations

Allison Feaster wearing a green Celtics shirt in front of team championship banners

The Irresistible Allison Feaster

A basketball star's journey from the Harvard hardwood to the Celtics front office

by Lydialyle Gibson

George Reisner, 1924

George Reisner

Brief life of a pioneering Egyptologist: 1867-1942

by Peter Der Manuelian