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Harvard's 2007 honorary degree recipients
Three women and six men received honorary degrees at Harvard’s 356th Commencement. Provost Steven E. Hyman introduced them to the...
Parenting Passages
“No matter how old you get, you’re still my baby.” How many of us have heard just such a line from a doting parent, or said it...
"A Tutorial"
Two years ago, Drew Gilpin Faust began looking for a date when women presidents of Ivy League universities could convene for a panel discussion...
Harvard Medalists
Three people received the Harvard Medal for outstanding service, and were publicly thanked by President Derek Bok, during the Harvard Alumni...
Commencement 2007
Full texts and audiovisual recordings of major speeches, the Phi Beta Kappa poet and orator, and the lead student orators
Ghosts in the Yard
Richard Lawrence Robert Crowder, M.P.A. ’07 Kennedy School of Government, delivers the Graduate English Oration...
Bill Gates tells 2007 Harvard graduates how "to turn caring into action"
Bill Gates tells 2007 graduates that it's possible to find solutions to the complex global problems of poverty and inequity—and recalls the fateful phone call that led him to leave Harvard.
John Harvard, Jedi Knight
Charles Joseph McNamara, 2007 graduate, delivers the Latin Oration (with translation) titled "Iohannes Harvard, Eques Iediensis"...
Daring to Choose
Daniel Joseph Wilner, 2007 graduate, delivers the Undergraduate English Oration...
Kennedy School Commencement Address
Speech as delivered by Nicholas Kristof at Class Day for the Kennedy School of Government Commencement...