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.
An organismic biologist praises reawakening to the natural world
Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum
A monumental book reveals a monumental work of art
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
“Lone Stars”—an HLS grad’s semi-autobiographical debut novel
Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”
“Some Kind of Heaven,” a documentary by Lance Oppenheim
Documentarian Lance Oppenheim explores life in The Villages.
by Alex Huls
Profile of Radhika Jones
Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair