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.
Former Crimson Star Spearheads New Soccer League
Charles Altchek ’07 moves from the field to the front office.
by Isabel Mehta
Harvard's Black-Hole Debunker
Astrophysicist Kareem El-Badry challenges scientific mistakes.
by Isabel Mehta
$200 Million Gift Underwrites Climate and Sustainability Institute
Vice provost James Stock to direct Harvard’s new Salata Institute
Tracking Omicron on Campuses
University campuses provide an ideal setting for monitoring the spread of new variants.
by Isabel Mehta
Seafaring America
Visiting Mystic, Connecticut
Fracking’s Deadly Toll
Harvard researchers find that fracking shortens the lives of elderly Americans living downwind of unconventional oil and gas wells.
Why Aid Cuts Didn’t End Worker Shortages
Why cutting jobless aid during the pandemic didn’t send workers scrambling for work
Views from the Top
President Bacow and Senior Fellow Lee on Harvard today
The End of Shopping Week
After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to replace shopping week with previous-term registration.
The Need for Communal Healing
Coming to terms with personal and pandemic grief