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

William Tamplin in his Marine Corps dress blues uniform

A Long Night's Journey in Palestine

William Tamplin, Ph.D. ’20,  on the lyricism and secrecy of an Arabic literary pioneer 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photograph of Freshman Convocation

Convocation 2022: Grow in Wisdom

Speakers’ remarks reflect the urgencies of a turbulent time.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Photograph of the 2022 Frederick Douglass Fellows together with Nettie Washington Douglass and James Pellow.

Following Frederick Douglass

During a summer fellowship, student-activists learn from the abolitionist’s legacy.

by Isabel Mehta

Photograph of the Crimson Goes Blue recruitment team

“Anyone Can Be an Activist”

Alumni get involved in politics.

by Isabel Mehta

Map of the expansion of Indo-European languages from a source in the highlands of West Asia.

Seeking the First Speakers of Indo-European Language

Ancient DNA sheds new light on the origins of a lingua franca.

by Jonathan Shaw

The rewilded planter in front of Harvard's Museum of Natural History

Re-Wilding Harvard

Bringing native plant species back to campus.

by Kristina DeMichele

Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School Expands Financial Aid

Ten percent of MBA students to receive full tuition scholarships

by Lydialyle Gibson

“A Moral Obligation”

Charles Berlin and 60 years of collecting for Harvard Library

by Lydialyle Gibson

A black and white cartoon shows a computer-user, with Earth’s globe for a head, stares into a screen, while spiders labeled “hate,” “misinformation,” “fear,” and “lies” crawl across his body, wrapping him in their webs.

Truer than Reality

Kevin Kallaugher on the art of editorial cartooning

by Dan Kelly

Juna Gjata with a microphone in front of her

Freedom from Food

A lifelong struggle with body image led Juna Gjata to podcasting.

by Jacob Sweet