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Corporation member quits
Conrad K. Harper resigned from Harvard’s senior governing board on July 14...
Commencement 2005
Speech transcripts from Commencement 2005
Phi Beta Kappa Oration: "Iraq"
John Deutch, former CIA director delivers Phi Beta Kappa Oration
Class Day Speech by Tim Russert
So, this is Harvard. Look at all those scholars sitting out there...
Latin Salutatory: “Campus of Dreams”
Praeses Aestive, Decani, Professores, vos qui geritis et exercitis nostros manipulos Harvardianos...
Undergraduate English Oration: "Perfect Imperfection"
Four years ago many of us received letters inviting us to be part of a seemingly perfect world...
Graduate English Oration: "One Journey's End is Another's Beginning"
My maternal great-grandmother Dorenda said that she was born in the year peace was declared...
Commencement Address by President Lawrence H. Summers
On behalf of every student, faculty member, and every member of the staff of Harvard University...
2005 Commencement address by John Lithgow '67
Mr. President, faculty, graduates, families, and friends, good afternoon and thank you for the honor of addressing you all today...
A Mouse, and Other Surprises
“In this perilous, suffering world and in this deeply troubled nation,” as John Lithgow ’67, Ar.D. ’05, characterized...
Splendid Spring Sports
Crew The heavyweight men won their third consecutive national title at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) regatta in Camden, New...
Live a Little
The West Side Lounge is a fun little restaurant. On a Thursday night, the waitress greeted with a genuine smile—as if she’s glad we...