A gallery of photographs from the Commencement celebration for the class of 2025
| PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINE
HARVARD MAGAZINE staff members, along with photographer Stu Rosner, captured some of the pomp and confetti throughout Commencement week. Refer back to this page for updates.
PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINEStudent speakers from left: Aidan Robert Scully, Thor Reimann, Yurong "Luanna" Jiang | PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINEPHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINENicolas Andrade and proud parent | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINEThe Harvard Crimson's cover subject | PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINEPHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINEStephanie Osazuwa and Maxi Duncan | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINETimothy DiFiore and Arturo Rex | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINENina Howe-Goldstein and Melanie Voz | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINEPeter Koutoujian, Sheriff of Middlesex County | PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINEPHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINEPHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINEPHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINEWho’s better dressed—the graduates or their friends and family? From left: Antonio Dangerfield, the father of Onovu Dangerfield ‘25; Chris Ugu and Caroline Beke, parents of Kasite Ugu-Beke, M.B.A. ‘25; and Yiyi Zhang, whose husband, Ryan Pino, graduated with Ph.D. in comparative studies from the Committee on the Study of Religion | PHOTOGRAPH BY NELL PORTER BROWN/HARVARD MAGAZINEThe Abreham family traveled from Ethiopia to celebrate their son, grandson, brother, and nephew Yesake Teshale '25 | PHOTOGRAPH BY NELL PORTER BROWN/HARVARD MAGAZINEDerick Raabe and three-week-old son Whit found a quiet spot at the back of Harvard Yard. Raabe’s wife, Sarah Tarika, M.L.A. ‘25, studied environmental sustainability at the Harvard Extension School. | PHOTOGRAPH BY NELL PORTER BROWN/HARVARD MAGAZINEPHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINESteffan Jones and family | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINEKiiki Quarm, wearing a dress that was custom-made in Nigeria, with Jesse Ovia, M.B.A. ‘25 | PHOTOGRAPH BY NELL PORTER BROWN/HARVARD MAGAZINEHolly Jin and Muki, in attendance to celebrate with Holly’s brother Peter Jin ‘25 | PHOTOGRAPH BY NELL PORTER BROWN/HARVARD MAGAZINEThe Purandare family—from left, Sridevi, Manasi, and Jayant, the parents and sister of Sanket Purandare, who graduated with a Ph.D. in computer engineering | PHOTOGRAPH BY NELL PORTER BROWN/HARVARD MAGAZINE
The Harvard College Fund Marshals | Photograph by Stu RosnerNalan Hove | Photograph by Stu RosnerCaitlin Beirne | Photograph by Stu RosnerAva Pallotta | Photograph by Stu Rosner
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar waves at the crowd| Photograph by Stu Rosner
Lt. Gen. Joseph McGee delivers the Oath of Office | Photograph by Jennifer Carling/Harvard MagazineSecond Lietuenant Connor Huey and family including his grandfather | Photograph by Jennifer Carling/Harvard MagazineSecond Lieutenant Jack Schwab and family | Photograph by Jennifer Carling/Harvard MagazineEnsign Jasmine Zhang and her family | Photograph by Jennifer Carling/Harvard MagazineSecond Lieutenant Elizabeth Sasse and family | Photograph by Jennifer Carling/Harvard MagazineSecond Lieutenant Caitlin Beirne and family | Photograph by Jennifer Carling/Harvard MagazineSecond Lieutenant Charles Whitehead and family | Photograph by Jennifer Carling/Harvard Magazine
Harvard President Alan M. Garber | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINEGloria White-Hammond | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINETink Tinker | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINECarrie Ballenger | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINEMatthew Ichihashi Potts | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINE
