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

Paul Moravec’s soulful music

Paul Moravec’s soulful music

by Lydialyle Gibson

Canine behavioral specializations reflected in brain structures

Researchers hope to tease out the effects of breeding and training on dog brain structure.

by Jonathan Shaw

Profile of comedian Karen Chee

Comedian Karen Chee finds her voice.

by Jacob Sweet

Protecting the press as a foundation of democracy

If the press is essential to democracy, what can be done to save news organizations?

by Erin O’Donnell

Author Gabrielle Zevin profiled by Nell Porter Brown

A prescient novelist is hopeful that “after great change, amazing things can happen.”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Protesting, at Home and on the Streets

As demonstrations grow in the wake of George Floyd’s death, students mobilize against racism and police brutality

by Matteo Wong

At Home with Harvard: Racial Justice

Selections from Harvard Magazine's extensive coverage of racism, inequality, and incarceration

The Man in the Top Hat

A return to campus, to take in virtual graduation with friends

by Caroline Engelmayer

Ceridwen Dovey’s “Life After Truth”

How Harvard reunions are cast in Ceridwen Dovey’s Life After Truth

by Nell Porter-Brown

Transforming Portraiture and the World

Alumnus-commissioned paintings of global luminaries are now a landmark gift to the National Portrait Gallery.

by Julia Ostmann