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Strings Prodigy
Musical debuts rarely create front-page news anymore. But when violinist Stefan Jackiw ’07 made his first appearance in London...
Practically Perfect in Every Way
In small white rooms lit by fluorescent lamps and littered with empty soda bottles or coffee cups, undergraduates often find themselves heading...
by Casey N. Cep
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.
Daring to Choose
Daniel Joseph Wilner, 2007 graduate, delivers the Undergraduate English Oration...
John Harvard, Jedi Knight
Charles Joseph McNamara, 2007 graduate, delivers the Latin Oration (with translation) titled "Iohannes Harvard, Eques Iediensis"...
Kennedy School Commencement Address
Speech as delivered by Nicholas Kristof at Class Day for the Kennedy School of Government Commencement...
Report to the Alumni
Derek Bok, Harvard University President Emeritus Kennedy School delivers the Graduate English Oration...
Law School Class Address
Speech as delivered by Guido Calabresi, U.S. Court of Appeals judge and former dean of Yale Law School, for the Law School Class Exercises Address...