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.
Alternatives to Policing
A Law School report offers the City of Boston recommendations for reform.
Harvard seniors and freshmen share Housing Day thoughts
The College’s annual “Housing Day” dramas, conducted online.
A Vision for Post-Pandemic Harvard
Taking stock of a pandemic year, President Bacow sketches how Harvard might change—and where it will not.
Baking Sourdough Bread is a Survival Instinct
A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research
by Jacob Sweet
Allston Research Campus Takes Form
Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.
Profile of Radhika Jones
Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair
An intellectual history of the Cold War era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
Harvard leaders honored
Highlighting leaders at clubs and SIGs
Clues to the persistence of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
The gas giant’s storms could be driven by processes thousands of kilometers below the surface.
Using DNA for data storage
Compact and persistent, DNA could one day compress all human knowledge into a 15-gallon drum.
by Steve Nadis