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.
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
Stem cell activity linked to lifestyle
Exercise attenuates stem cell production of pro-inflammatory white blood cells.
David Barrett reports on New York City’s birds
A quest to chronicle New York City’s avian community
What rights do children have in homeschooling?
Elizabeth Bartholet highlights risks when parents have 24/7 authoritarian control over their children.
Harvard Overseer and HAA director elections
The official 2020 slates