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Harvard Undergraduate English Address Commencement 2021
An orator tells classmates, “It is our time to create a new normal.”
Harvard Graduate English Speaker Commencement 2021
The graduate speaker tells “bearers great of privilege” to become “the breakers of powerful yokes….”
Harvard Honorary Degree Recipients Commencement 2021
A Nobel-winning chemist, a documentary dramatist and a photojournalist, a preeminent news editor, and more
Centennial Medalists 2021
Four alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.
Jeremy Lin and Elizabeth Warren Highlight Class Days
A former NBA star and a U.S. Senator speak to new graduates.
The Baccalaureate—and Proliferating Graduations 2021
President Bacow on reconnecting with other people, and new First-Gen and LGBTQ+ graduation celebrations join the roster
Harvard Returns to Normal This Fall
University leaders announce that full, in-person operations will resume, with continuing public-health protocols.
President Bacow's Harvard Baccalaureate Remarks
“This has not been a typical year”—but a tradition resumes, virtually.
Assessing gender and racial equality today
A discussion on progress and retreat with Danielle Allen, Margaret Marshall, and Jane Mendillo
Popping the Harvard Bubble
A senior’s last semester expands her sense of adventure and personhood.
Harvard Reports Top Administrators’ and Investment Managers’ Pay
The annual disclosure of the most highly compensated University leaders
The Context: Simpsons Writer John Swartzwelder on Comedy
Sharing some of our best work on comedians and their craft
by Jacob Sweet