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

Leadership without good judgment undermines government legitimacy

The right to rule depends not only on the way power is gained, but how it is wielded.

by John A. Griffin

Morison, Handlin, and a new view of the Mem Hall fire

Morison, Handlin, and a new view of the Mem Hall fire

by Primus VI

Frontiers

A common plasticizer causes infertility, and fructose affects fat metabolism.

Index funds defer to corporate management

Index funds cast a large proportion of proxy votes in U.S. companies, but take a hands-off approach with management.

by Erin O’Donnell

Harvard Law School professor Alan Jenkins

A brief look at a Harvard Law School professor's long journey

by Jacob Sweet

Grass-roots organizing is focus of new book

Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Professor arrested, giving guidelines, and a grad-student union update

A professor arrested, gift-giving guidelines, and an update on the graduate-student union

The Harvard’s Women’s Center and what it does

The Undergraduate writes about the Harvard Women’s Center.

by Julie Chung

Lindsay Reed, Harvard women’s ice-hockey goalie

The many saves of a six-foot goalie

by Lydialyle Gibson

Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet

Frank Hu confronts the triple threats of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.

by Jacob Sweet