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How to Tell a Harvard Man
Graduating senior Nicholas J. Melvoin delivers his Harvard Oration, “How to Tell a Harvard Man,” at Class Day 2008...
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Kennedy School Class Day address
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, M.P.A. '71, of Liberia, Africa's first elected female president, delivers the 2008 graduation address at the Harvard Kennedy School...
Dropping the Global H-Bomb
Graduating senior Deena Shakir delivers her Harvard Oration, “From Baghdad to Boston: Dropping the Global H-Bomb,” at Class Day 2008...
Most Likely to Succeed
Graduating senior Vivien Wu delivers her Ivy Oration, “Most Likely to Succeed,” at Class Day 2008...
The Federal Funds Rate
Graduating senior William Bailey delivers his Ivy Oration, “The Federal Funds Rate and the Channels of Monetary Transmission,” 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...
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...
Baccalaureate Address 2008
President Drew Gilpin Faust's speech at the Baccalaureate service for the Harvard College class of 2008 on June 3...
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...