Commencement | May 28, 2026

Harvard 2026 Commencement Photo Album

A gallery of photographs from the Commencement celebration for the class of 2026

A large group of people poses together, holding a banner for the year 2026. — Class Photo | 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.

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Commencement Day

Students in black graduation cap and gowns clap with red banners and trees in the background — Photograph by Stu Rosner

four decorated graduation caps, first reading "Learn to Change the World" in yellow letters with colorful rhinestones, second reads "Dignity & Justice: The Greatest 2 Years!" with pink flowers and a 26, third has blue flowers and pearls, fourth reads "Artes de que nos olviden, haremos historia" in script text — Graduations caps spotted at Commencement | photographs by jennifer beaumont/Harvard Magazine

Woman wearing beige hijab with pears at the top and a black mortarboard cap smiling and holding a phone — Photograph by Stu Rosner

Man in suit and top hat — Middlesex County Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian | photograph by Jennifer Beaumont/Harvard Magazine

Three women wearing black graduation mortarboard caps cheer and wave a red flag — Photograph by Stu Rosner

Woman wearing black robe and holding bubble blower, blowing bubbles in front of white brick building — Photograph by Stu Rosner

A woman in a graduation mortarboard cap smiling with a man wearing a black graduation robe with pillars and red banners in the background — Photograph by Jennifer Beaumont/Harvard Magazine

Students standing in a crowd wearing black graduation caps and gowns holding up a phone, taking a photo with a man with red hair and red gown — Graduates taking a selfie with commencement speaker, Conan O'Brien. | Photograph by Stu Rosner

Four graduates in black cap and gown hold a red banner with "2026" on it — Class officers | photograph by Jennifer Beaumont/Harvard Magazine

Three women wearing hijab and black mortarboard hats with red stoles holding up their phones to take a photo with trees in the background — Photograph by Stu Rosner

Four graduates in red and black robes with black caps and sunglasses — photograph by Jennifer Beaumont/Harvard Magazine

Conan O'Brien — Conan O’Brien | PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT

Purple graduation cap decorated with pearls and flowers with a photograph of two women smiling and the text "You're Beautiful" — Photograph by Stu Rosner

Man in red and black gown and cap speaks to audience of graduates surrounded by trees — Dean Deming asks for all in Harvard College to rise. | Photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine

Students wearing red PhD graduation robes with black stripes and black stoles smile and wave red flags in the air with trees and red banners in the background — Graduates from The Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences wave flags. | Photograph by Stu Rosner

Students wearing black graduation caps and gowns cheer with mouths open and holding gavels — Graduates from Harvard Law School celebrate by waving gavels. | Photograph by Stu Rosner

Students in black graduation cap and gown holding red banner that reads "Dunster House." — Graduates from Dunster House | photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine

Students wearing black graduation gowns and caps hold up red plastic clapper hands — Graduates from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health hold up hand clapper toys. | Photograph by Stu Rosner

Woman in purple and black graduation gown standing at microphone speaking to a crowd with people in red gowns and black caps sitting behind her on stage — FAS Dean Hopi Hoekstra speaks to graduates. | Photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine

Students wearing red and black robes and black graduation caps cheer with arms up, holding red plastic clapper hand toys — Photograph by Stu Rosner

Four women wearing black mortarboard caps and gowns with red stoles, holding a blue flag with a crest and "Lowell House" — Graduates from Lowell House | Photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine

Harvard graduate celebrates with family and dog on campus near a statue. — A family affair: Claudia Polgar, a Harvard Medical School graduate, continues the HMS legacy of her mother, Katalin. She recalls being photographed as a child and being unable to reach the John Harvard Statue; now, as a graduate, she can. Her dog, Matzi, with regalia in tow, was a favorite among graduates in the Old Yard. | PHOTOGRAPHS BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINE

Students in black robes and black graduation caps cheering and jumping in the air with red banners in the background — Photograph by Stu Rosner

Collage of three people: woman on left wearing matching hot pink blouse and slacks, man in middle wearing pink suit and hat, woman on right wearing striped gown — Fashionable families, from left: Tricia Flynn, from Arizona, whose daughter Riley Flynn graduated in the Class of 2026; Jihad Washington, of Indianapolis, who attended to celebrate the graduations of his daughter Faith Simon, who earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and his wife, Angie Greer, who earned a master’s degree from the Harvard Extension School; Angela Kyerematen-Jimoh, whose daughter Francisca Lamini graduated in the Class of 2026, lives and works in Ghana and had the dress made for this occasion | Photographs by Lydialyle Gibson and Nell Porter-Brown/Harvard Magazine

Tercentenary Theatre tree canopy over Harvard Commencement speakers on stage — Dean Sarah Whiting notes the tree canopy at Tercentenary Theatre. | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINE

Woman with tattoos and black tank top wearing a flower crown with white and red flowers — Photograph by Stu Rosner

Woman with sunglasses and pink collared shirt, woman wearing sunglasses and black graduation gown and mortarboard cap, man wearing glasses and navy polo shirt, with trees in the background — Rebecca Schalip and family | Photograph by Niko Yaitanes/Harvard Magazine

Three people smiling: In the center, a man wearing black mortarboard cap, black graduation gown, with black, green, yellow, and red stole that reads "Harvard University." To his left, a man in whitee gown and yellow hat and orange beaded necklace. To his right, a woman wearing a round yellow hat, white gown, and orange and yellow beaded necklace and holding a tan purse — Tioluwalase Adelakun of Illinois with family, originally from Nigeria | Photograph by Jennifer Carling/Harvard Magazine

President Alan Garber with two graduates at Harvard Commencement — Harvard President Alan Garber (center) with two graduates | PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINE

Students in graduation caps and gowns and red stoles smile in front of trees — Photograph by Stu Rosner

Harvard graduates — PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIFER BEAUMONT/HARVARD MAGAZINE

ROTC Commissioning Ceremony

Read our full coverage of the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony.

Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Richard Clark speaks on stage — Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Richard Clark | PHOTOGRAPH BY STU ROSNER

Cadets are sworn in on stage — Cadets are sworn in by retired Lieutenant General Richard Clark | PHOTOGRAPH BY STU ROSNER

tktkt — Zoë Clark is pinned by her family, including retired Lieutenant General Richard Clark | PHOTOGRAPH BY STU ROSNER

Baccalaureate

Read our full coverage of the Baccalaureate.

Alan Garber speaks at a podium — President Alan Garber | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINE

Matthew Potts speaks at a podium — Matthew Ichihashi Potts | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINE

Rabbi Jason Rubenstein speaks at the podium — Rabbi Jason B. Rubenstein | PHOTOGRAPH BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINE

Graduates and religious leaders speak at a commencement podium during an outdoor ceremony. — Speakers at Tuesday’s Baccalaureate Service included students and faith leaders . | PHOTOGRAPHS BY NIKO YAITANES/HARVARD MAGAZINE

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