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

Harvard National Academy of Medicine Members

Newly elected members include a dozen Harvard faculty affiliates.  

by John S. Rosenberg

Photo of Carolyn Gold and the cover of her book, When I Died

Life After Brain Injury

Alumna Carolyn Gold on finding a “new self” after West Nile encephalitis

by Lydialyle Gibson

Emily Broad Leib in front of produce

The Food Waste Problem

Emily Broad Leib combats wasted food worldwide.

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of E.O. Wilson observing ants

Speaking Pheromone

How science is done, in the lab of E.O. Wilson

by Richard Rhodes

Jason Bouldin at work on a painting in his studio

The Art of the Portrait Painter

Jason Bouldin makes the intangible tangible.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A smiling woman in a red scarf with brown hair

How Myth and Memoir Intertwine

Elisabeth Sharp McKetta ’01 finds truth in the border between fact and fiction.

by Juliet Isselbacher

Amy Goodman featured in her broadcast studio giving the peace sign

People-Powered Journalism

At Democracy Now! Amy Goodman goes “where the silence is.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Head shots of smiling Aloian Scholars

Aloian Memorial Scholars

Enriching life at the Houses 

Alumni Admissions Interviewers Honored

Miller-Hunn Awards

2021 HAA Award Winners

For outstanding service