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Harvard Alumni Day with Courtney B. Vance

Protest interruptions and a call to do “the right thing” 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Professor Scott Kominers on NFTs and Brands

The coming digital revolution and how NFTs will transform ownership, brands, and how we create

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard Considers Request to Rename Winthrop House

Harvard’s process for considering denaming requests is tested for the first time.

by Nina Pasquini

When Harvard Should—And Shouldn’t—Speak

A final report from the faculty working group on institutional neutrality

by Lydialyle Gibson

How the Supreme Court Advances—and Stalls—Progress

A Radcliffe Day panel discusses pluralism and progress. 

by Nina Pasquini

Justice Sonia Sotomayor at Harvard Radcliffe Day

2024 Radcliffe Medalist Sonia Sotomayor on civic engagement and optimism

by Max J. Krupnick

Maria A. Ressa, LL.D. ’24, Harvard Commencement Address 2024

A warning about social media, the erosion of trust, and threats to democracy

Close Call

Ending a tumultuous year, Harvard tradition is served in the 373rd Commencement—with plenty of thunder from the stage.

by John S. Rosenberg , Max J. Krupnick

Harvard Senior English Address: Shruthi Kumar, “The Power of Not Knowing”

Amid divisions and uncertainties, finding “space for empathy, solidarity, and a willingness to listen”

Harvard Latin Salutatory 2024, Blake Alexander Lopez , “Distantia Propinquior” (“A Nearer Distance”)

On being at the College “with no knowledge of what Harvard life was like before the pandemic”

Harvard Graduate English Address: Robert L. Clinton IV, “On Being Good”

Finding a way to do good in the world, having enjoyed “the privilege of having graduated from this beautiful place”

Pro-Palestine Students Walk Out of Harvard Graduation

Pro-Palestine activists hold “The People’s Commencement”

by Max J. Krupnick