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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention

The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.

by Jonathan Shaw

Joan C. Williams on "class cluelessness"—a book review by Andrea Louise Campbell

A review of Joan Williams’s powerful book on the resentments reshaping American politics

by Andrea Louise C...

The Forty-Year Fight

Student activists hope to establish an ethnic-studies academic program at the College.

by Alisha Ukani

“Jump In, the Water’s Great!”

At Radcliffe Day, participants dissected the future of journalistic integrity. 

by Oset Babür

Mark Zuckerberg and Drew Faust address Harvard Commencement

Mark Zuckerberg and Drew Faust, on freedom of speech and creating “a sense of purpose for everyone”

by Sophia Nguyen

Public Health As Aspiration

Former EPA head Gina McCarthy addresses graduates at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Commencement 2017 Morning Exercises

Harvard's 366th Commencement Morning Exercises

by John S. Rosenberg

“Bravery, Not Perfection”

Reshma Saujani addresses Education School graduates. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Embracing Difficult Circumstances

Atlantic Media owner David Bradley addresses Harvard Business School graduates. 

by Alisha Ukani

Harvard Honorands from Abdi to Zuckerberg

From Dr. Hawa Abdi and James Earl Jones to Mark Zuckerberg

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Commencement student speakers 2017

The student speakers at Harvard’s 366th Commencement

by John S. Rosenberg