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Radcliffe Institute Announces 2026-2027 Fellows

Scholars will tap Harvard’s intellectual resources during the coming academic year.

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard ROTC 2018 commissioning ceremony

President Drew Faust and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter honor Harvard ROTC’s newly commissioned officers.

by Jean Martin

Baccalaureate 2018

In her last Baccalaureate address, President Drew Faust speaks to the class of 2018 about transformation.

by Jonathan Shaw

Neil Shubin and Kevin Young speak at Harvard's 2018 Phi Beta Kappa exercises

Fish paleontologist Neil Shubin, Ph.D. ’87, and author Kevin Young ’92 spoke at the 2018 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises.

by Sophia Nguyen

Alexander Solzhenitsyn at Harvard, and the “circle of consequence”

Echoes of a Harvard Commencement speech 40 years on

by Wanda Urbanska

How to Pretend You Went to Harvard

I would like to offer you what I think is even better than an actual Harvard degree: the ability to pass what I call the Harvard Voight-Kampff.

by Alexandra Petri

A century apart, two Harvard alumni find each other in the American South.

A century apart, two alumni find each other in the American South.

by Michael S. Knapp

Bill Gates talks with students

The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.

by Jonathan Shaw

Tomiko Brown-Nagin to Lead Radcliffe Institute

The legal historian will become dean on July 1. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will speak at Harvard Class Day

The decorated author is best known for her novels and feminist writing. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova