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

Headshot portraits of Harvard Law School students Anna Vande Velde and William Roberts

Alternatives to Policing

A Law School report offers the City of Boston recommendations for reform.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The author and her two roommates stand in the snow in front of their future home at Harvard.

Harvard seniors and freshmen share Housing Day thoughts

The College’s annual “Housing Day” dramas, conducted online.

by Meena Venkataramanan

Photograph of Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow

A Vision for Post-Pandemic Harvard

Taking stock of a pandemic year, President Bacow sketches how Harvard might change—and where it will not. 

by John S. Rosenberg

A grandson with his arm around his grandmother

Baking Sourdough Bread is a Survival Instinct

A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research

by Jacob Sweet

Proposed massing and configuration of new buildings on Harvard's enterprise research campus

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.

by Jonathan Shaw

Photograph of Roxanne Guenette

Harvard Portrait: Roxanne Guenette

Seeking answers to science’s biggest questions

by Jonathan Shaw

Higher-profile Board of Overseers Election

Prospective candidates and their diverse views of Harvard’s future and the Board’s role

by John S. Rosenberg

Mark Steele illustration of Lowell House’s bells being rung for the first time by a giant hand stretching from a cloud to swing the detached belfry.

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Photograph of Patrick Chung

The Xfund’s liberal-arts entrepreneurs

The Xfund helps young entrepreneurs launch companies and careers.

by Jonathan Shaw

Photograph of posters displaying coronavirus rules at the entrance to Adams House dining hall.

A pandemic spring semester, policing reform, and more

Reports on the pandemic spring semester, policing reform, Allston enlargement, and cell-manufacturing