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Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Harvard men's basketball wins first Ivy title

The men's basketball team wins its first Ivy title.

Harvard southpaw Brent Suter is one of the Ivy League’s elite starters.

Southpaw Brent Suter averages nearly a strikeout per inning.

by Craig Lambert

Do Harvard undergraduates ponder the meaning of life?

Do Harvard undergraduates ponder the meaning of life?

by Madeleine Schwartz

Roundup of recent Harvard news

The passing of a University icon, Commencement speakers, Overseer leaders, humanities and arts honorands, and other University news

In pilot program, Harvard places faculty residents in graduate-student housing

The Graduate Commons Program places faculty residents in graduate-student housing.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Headlines from Harvard history

Headlines from Harvard history

Public input revises a list of important “hard problems” in the social sciences

An online discussion and poll revise the list of “hard problems” in the social sciences drafted by scholars at a Harvard symposium last year.

Readers offer examples of teaching that worked

Readers recall effective, innovative education—and more Faculty of Arts and Sciences “conversations” on pedagogy.

Harvard College reinstates nonbinding early-action for applicants

Harvard College reinstates nonbinding early-action for applicants.

The University plans for an anniversary.

The University plans for an anniversary.