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In Esteemed Company

This year's honorary degree recipients come from the worlds of literature, cinema, music, AIDS and cancer research—and more.

“Service Connects Us to Each Other and the Community”

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius gives the Commencement address at the Harvard Kennedy School.

The Solicitous Solicitor General Returns

Former dean Elena Kagan speaks at the Law School Class Day.

Management Maxims from HBS Class Day

Jamie Dimon returned to campus at the end of a tumultuous year to share thoughts on careers, leadership, and obligations to society.

“Today” Comes to Class Day

Matt Lauer's advice for the class of 2009, plus student speeches

Leadership Tips from a "Soldier Scholar"

General David Petraeus speaks at the ROTC commissioning ceremony.

Significant Contributors to Society and Scholarship

The 2009 GSAS Centennial Medalists

Life As Improvisation: The Baccalaureate Service

President Drew Faust calls the class of 2009 to find opportunity in uncertainty.

"Habits Are Values in Disguise": The Phi Beta Kappa Exercises

Poems about optimisim and humility, and an oration on sustaining the earth

Commencement Kickoff: Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises

With poet Albert Goldbarth and orator James Engell, Gurney professor of English literature and professor of comparative literature

In This Mass Extinction, the Enemy Is Us

The New Yorker magazine quotes Fisher professor of natural history Andrew Knoll on the current mass extinction. The enemy is us.

EVP Forst to Leave Harvard

Updated May 28. Executive Vice President Ed Forst, who joined Harvard last fall and helped shape the University's financial strategy, is returning to New York.