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Most Likely to Succeed
Graduating senior Vivien Wu delivers her Ivy Oration, “Most Likely to Succeed,” at Class Day 2008...
Centennial Medalists
the graduate school of arts and sciences Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who have made contributions to society that emerged from their graduate study at Harvard...
President Faust's ROTC Commissioning Speech
President Faust speaks at the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony at Tercentenary Theatre on June 4...
Bernanke Class Day Speech
“Remarks on Class Day 2008” by Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System...
Baccalaureate Address 2008
President Drew Gilpin Faust's speech at the Baccalaureate service for the Harvard College class of 2008 on June 3...
Islam in the United States, from 1492 to 2008
A recent episode of the Here & Now interview show on WBUR, a Boston-based National Public Radio affiliate, features Jocelyne Cesari, director of Harvard's Islam in the West Program...
Gomes Marks 40 Years of Ministry
Widely beloved Harvard figure Peter J. Gomes, Plummer professor of Christian morals and Pusey minister in the Memorial Church, celebrated 40 years as an ordained minister on Sunday...
Poem 'Night' by Carl Phillips
Carl Phillips ’81, professor of English and of African and African American Studies at Washington University, delivers his Phi Beta Kappa poem, titled "Night," at the 218th Literary Exercises on Tuesday morning...
The 2008 Phi Beta Kappa Oration
Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg, formerly Higgins professor of physics at Harvard, delivers his Phi Beta Kappa Oration, titled "Without God" on June 3...
In China, Slowly Reassembling Lives
The latest story by Geoffrey Fowler ’00, formerly a Ledecky Undergraduate Fellow at this magazine, chronicles a family's return to their hometown...
Harvard Names Open Access Architect Director of New Office for Scholarly Publishing
The OSC will be responsible for implementing University policies on open access. Read more about Shieber's appointment...
NYC Book Signing: The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
Donors were invited to the Harvard Club of New York City for a presentation and book signing.