Christiane Amanpour of CNN To Speak at Harvard's 2010 Class Day

The veteran journalist is chief international correspondent for CNN.

Christiane Amanpour

The Class Day speaker for 2010 will be CNN's Christiane Amanpour, the administration and the Senior Class Committee announced today. Harvard College seniors' class day will fall on Wednesday, May 26, this year, beginning at 2:00 p.m., in Tercentenary Theatre.

Amanpour, a veteran international reporter who broke new ground for female journalists, is now CNN's chief international correspondent and hosts a daily 30-minute interview show, Amanpour. She has won nine Emmy awards and has several times been named one of the world's 100 most powerful women by Forbes magazine. An alumna of the University of Rhode Island, she has worked at CNN since 1983, covering the first Persian Gulf War and the Bosnian war, and more recently, reporting from Rwanda, Iraq, Afghanistan, and New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She has interviewed a long list of world leaders, including Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran (where she lived as a child), Yasser Arafat, and Robert Mugabe.

A notice from Nworah Ayogu ’10, the graduating class's first marshal, included a link to a YouTube video announcing the choice of Amanpour and giving information on her background. The official announcement appears here.

Related topics

You might also like

What of the Humble Pencil?

Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage

Harvard Research Funding Will Resume, Government Signals

Notices of grant reinstatements follow a court ruling, but the Trump administration could still appeal. 

At Harvard College Convocation, an Emphasis on Open-Mindedness

Garber, other leaders sidestep politics but welcome international students.

Most popular

How MAGA Went Mainstream at Harvard

Trump, TikTok, and the pandemic are reshaping Gen Z politics.

Is the Constitution Broken?

Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.

Two Years of Doxxing at Harvard

What happens when students are publicly named and shamed for their views?

Explore More From Current Issue

James Muller in white lab coat leaning on railing in hospital hallway.

Free Speech, the Bomb—and Donald Trump

A Harvard cardiologist on the unlikely alliances that shaped a global movement to prevent nuclear war

Whimsical illustration of students rushing through ornate campus gate from bus marked “Welcome New Students.”

Highlights from Harvard’s Past

The Medical School goes coed, University poet wins Nobel Prize. 

Will Makris in blue checkered suit and red patterned tie standing outdoors by stone column.

A New HAA President at a Tumultuous Time

A career in higher ed inspired Will Makris to give back.