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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet
Frank Hu confronts the triple threats of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.
by Jacob Sweet