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.
David Deming on tuition-free public college underwritten by existing funds
David Deming says existing federal higher-education subsidies, if redeployed, could make public colleges free.
Demographic distortions will require eldercare solutions
Can technology coupled with cultural understanding improve the health and wellness of the elderly?
Harvard Portrait: Shawon Kinew
Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history
Finding beauty in the complexities of applied science
The Undergraduate finds beauty in the complexities of applied science.
The new engineers: snapshots of synthetic biologists at work
For synthetic biologists, there appears to be no limit to what they can build.
Harvard alumni pioneer new journalism models
New models for newspaper journalism in the Internet era
by Mark Travis
The Kuperman brothers on the move
The brothers Kuperman—choreographers, directors, and storytellers
Performance artist and activist Lena Chen
Lena Chen transforms trauma into art and performance.
Technology columnist Geoffrey Fowler: a profile
Geoffrey Fowler tackles the “great reckoning” with privacy.
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard first-gen alumni stories
Alumni describe their challenges in leaving home and coming to the College.