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.
“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
Photographer Morgan Smith's Images and Encounters at the Mexican Border
Photographer Morgan Smith ’60 documents life on the precarious precipice between Mexico and the United States.
Isabel Wilkerson speaks at Harvard about racism storytelling and public health
Author Isabel Wilkerson kicks off a Harvard speaker series on storytelling and public health.
Harvard Forward Candidates on Overseer Ballot
For the second consecutive year, petitioners have qualified to be candidates in the Board of Overseers election.
How Many Undergraduates Are At Harvard Now?
Far fewer students in residence than the number invited back to campus for spring
Peabody Museum Discovers Possible Slave Remains in Its Collections
“We must begin to confront the reality of a past in which academic curiosity and opportunity overwhelmed humanity,” Harvard president Lawrence Bacow wrote.
Back to campus for senior spring under COVID
What’s changed—and what hasn’t
Harvard Overseer Prospects’ Views
Responses to Harvard Magazine’s questionnaire about the University’s challenges and opportunities—and Overseers’ role in leading the institution forward
U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik removed from IOP advisory committee
“Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election that have no basis in evidence,” Harvard Kennedy School dean Doug Elmendorf wrote.