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 2022 Pulitzer Prizes
Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
The End of Shopping Week
After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to adopt a system of previous-term registration for classes.
“Ukraine Today, Taiwan Tomorrow?”
The East Asian implications of the Russia-Ukraine War
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard’s Slave Legacy
A searching examination of the places kept “outside history,” and steps to come to terms with the University’s past
Harvard’s Undergraduate Council Kerfuffle
Amid controversy, the representative student body is replaced.
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Seven Scholars
Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
by Jacob Sweet
One Shot at Hollywood
Actor and producer Alex Molina on filming a feature-length thriller in a single take
"On the Ground" With Asylum-Seekers
Sabrineh Ardalan directs Harvard’s Immigration and Refugee Clinic.
Harvard's Ethnic "Salad Bowl"
Exclusion and belonging in undergraduate cultural organizations
by Swathi Kella
The Truth About Imposter Syndrome
Thoughts on a perennial undergraduate complaint