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Class Day speaker Joshua Preven '91 tells how God created Harvard
From a cappella music to tenure, the real story as told by Joshua Preven ’91
Advice from Mother Teresa on Class Day 1982 at Harvard
The class of 1982 hears from "the angel of Calcutta."
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's biting, iconoclastic 1978 Harvard Commencement speech
The Russian Nobel laureate's biting 1978 Harvard Commencement speech
George Plimpton encouraged 1977 graduates to return to their rooms and "unpack"
George Plimpton's contrarian Class Day manifesto of 1977
Sweepstakes: Send us old Commencement photos for a chance to win Harvard glasses
Submit your images from Commencements past for a chance to win a set of Harvard glasses.
Art installations at Harvard by Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, and Tomás Saraceno
Three unusual art installations at Harvard by Ai Weiwei, Olafur Eliasson, and Tomás Saraceno
Editor John S. Rosenberg introduces the May-June 2011 issue
A message from editor John S. Rosenberg
Funny man Will Ferrell's 2003 Class Day address
For the purposes of funny man Will Ferrell's 2003 Class Day speech, nothing was sacred.
Video: Clues in the blood: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics
Video: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics.
“Water cooler" effect may improve scientific research
Proximity appears to foster quality.
Scholars and the public choose the social sciences' hardest problems
A Harvard symposium, and input from the public, identify the most urgent problems for social scientists to solve.
Michael Zuckerman recalls how great hardship can yield great insight
How Michael Zuckerman ’10 got to Harvard, and what he got out of it