Alumni
Explore Harvard alumni stories, news, and achievements—covering reunions, profiles, and the global impact of Harvard graduates.
Conan O’Brien Named Harvard’s 2026 Commencement Speaker
The comedian, host, and 1985 graduate will deliver remarks at the May 28 ceremony.
Spy novelist Joseph Finder, on the guilt and gumption that drive his writing
Joseph Finder makes technology the texture of his new thriller, Guilty Minds.
by Bailey Trela
Harvard alumna Sarah Alcorn reflects on her life as a private investigator
Boston-based private investigator Sarah Alcorn is “a bit of an oddball in this business.”
Profile of Martin J. Grasso Jr., Harvard Alumni Association president
President Martin J. Grasso boosts alumni volunteerism.
Harvard Club of Boston’s new president and renovations
The Harvard Club of Boston’s makeover, and new president
Harvard alumni leaders honored for volunteer work
Harvard Alumni Association awards honor volunteer service to the University.
Harvard Alumnus Recalls World War II
A member of the class of 1946 on the horrors, and humor, of World War II.
by Primus VI
George Bucknam Dorr
A brief life of a persistent conservationist and founder of Acadia National Park
Radcliffe alumna Judith Brodsky, on printmaking and risk-taking
From the beginning, artist and advocate Judith Brodsky felt “pulls in different directions.”
by Violet Baron
"The biggest mystery": Nicholas Britell, on scoring "Big Short," "Seventh Fire"
A film composer's career, from annotating Sneakers to doing “archaeology” for 12 Years a Slave
Pranks in Pusey Library
A retrospective on the Lampoon’s 140 years of mischief