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.
Speaking Pheromone
How science is done, in the lab of E.O. Wilson
The Art of the Portrait Painter
Jason Bouldin makes the intangible tangible.
How Myth and Memoir Intertwine
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta ’01 finds truth in the border between fact and fiction.
People-Powered Journalism
At Democracy Now! Amy Goodman goes “where the silence is.”
Aloian Memorial Scholars
Enriching life at the Houses
Alumni Admissions Interviewers Honored
Miller-Hunn Awards
2021 HAA Award Winners
For outstanding service
Seven Harvard Affiliates Named HHMI Investigators
The designation comes with $9 million in research support
Penny Pritzker Gives $100 Million for New Harvard Economics Facility
Landmark support for an eminently strong department
Namwali Serpell’s Novel-In-Progress
The acclaimed author and English professor will explore mourning and reunion in The Furrows: An Elegy.