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.
Harvard Portrait: Shawon Kinew
Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history
How a Young Alumni Movement Wants to Change Harvard’s Investment Policies
An emerging, expansive view of socially responsive endowment investments
Harvard and Life Sciences Partners to Build a Center for Biological Therapies
A new center aims to bring cutting-edge medicines “from laboratory to approved therapy.”
Harvard, Yale Students Delay Second Half of The Game
Student protestors for fossil-fuel divestment delay the second half of The Game.
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard president enables more research into University's slavery ties
The president announces a $5-million initiative.
Why we eat what we do
“Resetting the Table,” a new exhibit at the Peabody Museum, examines American food traditions.
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard First-Generation Student Alumni Stories
Alumni share their moving stories through the first interest-group “class report.”
Can the Catholic Church Help Explain Western Psychology?
A social-science analysis of how Catholicism transformed Western culture
Harvard Board of Overseers Divestment, Governance Challenge
Young alumni and others advance an agenda of governance change and divestment from fossil-fuel investments.
Harvard Faculty Divestment Debate
A formal, docketed discussion as proponents of divestment intensify their campaign