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.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Brief life of a breakthrough astronomer: 1900-1979
Ways to cope with the federal debt
The politics, policymaking, and public consequences of mounting government debt—and how to cope with it
David Cutler on trimming U.S. healthcare costs
Administrative costs, greed, overutilization—can these drivers of U.S. medical costs be curbed?
by David Cutler
John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.
John Alexander follows the ups and downs of funk musician Rudy Love.
by Alex Huls
Rebecca Henderson, “Reimagining Capitalism” to save the planet
The Business School’s Rebecca Henderson reimagines capitalism to save the planet.
Novelist Paul Yoon and “Run Me to Earth”
Novelist Paul Yoon explores Laos’s forgotten war.
by Bailey Trela
Artistic director Joshua McTaggart and the redesigned Chelsea Theatre
Joshua McTaggart leads London’s Chelsea Theatre into a new era.
by Olivia Munk
“The Equivalents,” by Maggie Doherty, reviewed by Susan Ware
From “women’s confinement” to “women’s liberation” at the Radcliffe Institute
by Susan Ware
Butterfly wing secrets revealed in infrared
A study reveals new dimensions to their function and beauty.
“Tightrope,” by Kristof and WuDunn, reviewed by Allison Pugh
Americans diminished by “social poverty”
by Allison Pugh