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

Harvard Magazine’s 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Andrew Berry, Browns’ G.M., profiled by Dick Friedman

Football-tested and data-centric, Andrew Berry takes the helm in Cleveland.

by Dick Friedman

Excerpt from “Exercised,” by Daniel E. Lieberman

A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.

by Daniel E. Lieberman

Constitutional scholar Noah Feldman profiled by Lincoln Caplan

Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.

by Lincoln Caplan

Balancing Mental Health and COVID Safety

Students urge closer attention to care on campus this fall. 

by Matteo Wong

Could COVID-19 Transform U.S. Education?

A conversation on the crisis and its outcomes with the Graduate School of Education’s Paul Reville 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

At Home with Harvard: American Democracy

Our coverage of the nation's ailing democracy

At Home with Harvard: Theater & Broadway

Harvardians take to the stage.

Bringing Black History to Light

A Houghton Library project to digitize thousands of African-American records and artifacts

by Lydialyle Gibson

Active Duty in a Pandemic

Harvard affiliates aid the Defense Department's response to COVID-19 in New York.

by Matteo Wong