
Michelle Wu
Photograph courtesy of City of Boston
"Defender of equity, inclusion, and opportunity" to address Class of 2022
4.27.22

President Lawrence S. Bacow
Photograph by Rose Lincoln/Harvard University
President Bacow’s perspectives on “playing long ball” at Harvard again.
4.18.22

Celebratory students at Commencement
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
May-June 2022

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Photograph in public domain
Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days
May-June 2022

Clockwise from top left: Sherrilyn Ifill, Merrick B. Garland, Tracy K. Smith, Jacinda Ardern
Clockwise from top left: Photograph courtesy of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; United States Department of Justice; Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University; Photograph by the New Zealand Government/Office of the Governor-General
Jacinda Ardern, Merrick Garland, and other lead speakers at Commencement and alumni events
May-June 2022

U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland returns to campus to address the graduates of the classes of 2020 and 2021.
Photograph in the public domain
The U.S. Attorney General returns to Harvard.
3.21.22

Tracy K. Smith
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard University
An alumna and faculty member at a new Harvard tradition
3.9.22

Sherrilyn Ifill
Photograph courtesy of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
The educator and lawyer receives the Institute’s highest honor.
2.25.22

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaking at the Christchurch Earthquake 10th Anniversary
Photograph in the public domain
New Zealand prime minister scheduled to address graduates on May 26.
2.14.22

President Lawrence S. Bacow
Photograph by Rose Lincoln/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
President Bacow on pandemic and academic Harvard
March-April 2022

At last, an opportunity for the coronavirus-affected classes to proceed into Tercentenary Theatre and partake of the festival rites
Photograph by Jennifer Beaumont/Harvard Magazine
The coronavirus short-circuited their Commencement. Harvard plans a do-over.
11.18.21