| 6.5.2008

Updated 8.5.2020

Dropping the Global H-Bomb

Graduating senior Deena Shakir delivers her Harvard Oration, “From Baghdad to Boston: Dropping the Global H-Bomb,” at Class Day 2008...

Graduating senior Deena Shakir delivers her Harvard Oration, “From Baghdad to Boston: Dropping the Global H-Bomb,” at Class Day 2008.

Watch the live video recording.

https://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/media/151-0604-s1.flv

Most popular

Gold clock on the top of Massachusetts Hall

Harvard’s Hiring Freeze Continues

University leaders say $1 billion per year is at risk due to federal actions

A crowd of people shout and march during a nighttime demonstration, while a man and woman in the foreground hold two silver-colored pans above their heads and bang on them with sticks

The Professor Who Quantified Democracy

Erica Chenoweth’s data shows how—and when—authoritarians fall.

view of the backside of Winthrop House and flags

Harvard Retains Winthrop Name

Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming

Explore More From Current Issue

Alexander Gardner’s 1868 photo shows federal peace commissioners with Sophie Mousseau, the lone woman at center.

Harvard Summer Reading Picks | 2025

The wealth gap, shamanism, the life of David Nathan, and more

a couple sitting at a park overlooking the ocean

Harvard Squared

Your Guide to Summer 2025 Along Boston Harbor

Enjoying Boston Harbor’s Renaissance this summer

group of people with camera equipment above the fjords in Iceland

Filmmaker John Armstrong’s Adventure Documentaries

Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.