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. 

by Schuyler Velasco

Putting the Music in Musical Theater

Composer Zoe Sarnak’s warm-hearted songs

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Surfing Author’s Children’s Book

In the swim with Bonnie Tsui

by S.I. Rosenbaum

Radcliffe Women Share Their Stories

An ambitious oral-history project captures the lived experiences of alumnae.

by Meena Venkataramanan

Harvard Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists

For graduate studies that contributed to society

Graduates Head to the Other Cambridge

Four win scholarships for study in England.

The New Overseers and HAA Elected Directors

Harvard Forward gains a fourth seat on the Board of Overseers.

Making America Competitive Again

Can election reforms end the crippling gridlock in American politics?

by Erin O’Donnell

2021 Harvard Medalists

Harvard alumni honored for extraordinary service to the University

Could Regenerative Biology Work in Humans?

Mansi Srivastava’s basic research seeks to uncover the origins of whole-body regeneration in animals.

by Aleksandra Prochera

Sidney Verba, and a classy class reporter

Harvard’s mensch, and a record-setting recorder of Crimson lives

by Primus VI