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Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide

College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week

Meet the men who tend Harvard Yard

Meet the men who tend the Yard.

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering makes a fast start

Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has made a fast start.

by Courtney Humphries

ROTC returns to Harvard

As military service is opened to gays, the University agrees to end a ban dating to the Vietnam War era.

Profile of Harvard's women tennis co-captains: Rosekrans and Cao

Tennis co-captains Rosekrans and Cao converge on the court.

by Craig Lambert

An undergraduate tries a hard and unfamiliar computer course.

The Undergraduate takes a chance on a hard and unfamiliar course.

by Sarah Zhang

Roundup of recent Harvard news

University Professorship for Paul Farmer, ROTC after DADT, admissions angst, a higher-education update, and other University news

Headlines from Harvard history

Headlines from Harvard history

"Old Quincy" rehab a trial run for Harvard Houses' renovation

A plan is in hand to rehab "Old Quincy" as a trial run.

Profile of anti-smoking guru Gregory N. Connolly

The former smoker turned anti-smoking guru directs Harvard School of Public Health's Center for Global Tobacco Control.

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences refocuses on its educational mission

Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith and his colleagues refocus on their educational mission.