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NASA Astronaut Jonny Kim to Speak at Harvard in June

The American Navy SEAL, born to immigrants, is a doctor and a space traveler.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Chao Center Dedicated at HBS

Dignitaries help celebrate the new building’s opening day.

by Aidan Langston

Broad Institute Researchers Find New Method to Edit RNA

Feng Zhang ’04 and his team build on previous discoveries in editing DNA.

by Aidan Langston

Fed chair Janet Yellen awarded Radcliffe Medal

Yellen reflected on her love for economics, her formative relationship with James Tobin, her adviser in graduate school, and her long career in the Federal Reserve system. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Radcliffe panelists dissect inequality and economic growth

A substantive discussion at this election-year Radcliffe Day

by John S. Rosenberg

"The radiance of their deeds": afternoon exercises for Harvard's class of 2016

Following the presentation of four Harvard Medals, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker and Harvard's president spoke at the afternoon program.

by Sophia Nguyen

Director Steven Spielberg addresses Harvard's 2016 graduates on Commencement Day

The filmmaker—of Indiana Jones, Schindler's List, and most recently The BFG—delivers Harvard’s 2016 Commencement address.

by Sophia Nguyen

Shalala tells Public Health School graduates to “expect the unexpected”

Clinton Foundation president and former secretary of health and human services Donna Shalala called graduates to action at the Public Health School.

by Aidan Langston

Morning Exercises of Harvard’s 365th Commencement

The Morning Exercises of Harvard's 365th Commencement

by John S. Rosenberg

Freeman Hrabowski speaks at Harvard Graduate School of Education’s convocation

Hrabowski encouraged HGSE graduates to carry on the values of community and collaboration that animated the Civil Rights Movement. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Bonauto, Cardoso, Spielberg Harvard honorary degrees

The University confers honorary degrees on six men and three women.

by John S. Rosenberg