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 Magazine’s 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2021-22 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Michael Lyon and son ride a bike next to a river.

How to take a European bike vacation

Michael J. Lyon pursues easy, affordable trips.

by Jacob Sweet

Photograph of Eric Hegsted in Yukon snow with snowshoes

A Yukon Life

Choosing a path far from Harvard

by Eric Hegsted

An image from Gilens's "Reading Forest" installation, a sketched cross-section of a tress with words interspersed in the rings. They read: "The effects of climate change are rippling through the landscape and will intensify in ways that are difficult to predict."

The outdoor artwork of designer—and experimenter—Todd Gilens

Todd Gilens brings wilderness into urban public art.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Nabaneeta and Nandana Dev Sen embracing in 2018

A Beloved Bengali Poet in Translation

A new book presents a mother and daughter’s final collaboration

by Lydialyle Gibson

Mark Saltveit writes "Wow" on a piece of glass

The "King of Palindromes"

Mark Saltveit and the art of the palindrome

by Nancy Walecki

Composite illustration of African American poets Phillis Wheatley, Melvin B. Tolson, Dudley Randall, Gwendolyn Brooks, Yusef Komunyakaa, Paul Laurence Dunbar

Critique and Joy

Kevin Young’s anthology of African American poetry, from Phillis Wheatley to hip hop

by Elisa New

Sam Sifton in his Brooklyn kitchen

Improvised Cuisine

The joys of cooking with Sam Sifton of The New York Times

by Craig Lambert

photograph of new HAA president Vanessa Liu

An Inclusive “One Harvard”

HAA president Vanessa Liu on harnessing power “for the greater good.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

How will Harvard change post-coronavirus?

Opportunities in admissions, online degrees, research, and more