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Commencement
Harvard’s 2022 honorary-degree recipients
6.6.22
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Royall House and Slave Quarters in Medford, Massachusetts
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Medford museum spotlights the historic link between wealth and human bondage.
Senator Elizabeth Warren emphasized that workers are making important wins, but corporations are still union busting.
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New Harvard Law center focuses on unionization and equitable labor law
The honorees will visit Cambridge next week for a parade, a show, and a (loving) roast.
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A genetic analysis of long-lived species of rockfish has led to fresh insights into human longevity, and a previously unappreciated pathway governing lifespan.
ExxonMobil scientists' projections of global warming were at least as good as those of government and academic scientists in the period from 1977 to 2003.
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Top row, left to right: Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Jeffrey D. Dunn, Arturo Elizondo, Srishti Gupta Narasimhan
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The 2023 nominees detail their experiences and view of Harvard’s challenges and prospects.
Loeb House, where the University’s governing boards convene
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Candidates for the Board of Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors are announced.
Edwin Bancroft Henderson and the history behind the Harvard-Howard game
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Carrie Moore is in her first year as Delaney-Smith head coach of women's basketball.
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Carrie Moore’s first season coaching the women’s basketball team
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The honorees will visit Cambridge next week for a parade, a show, and a (loving) roast.
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“Fine-tuning” an ancient practice to heal, not harm
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Commencement
Harvard’s 2022 honorary-degree recipients
6.6.22
William Randall channels Andrés Segovia, in his Lowell House room, c. 1970-1971
Photograph courtesy of the subject
An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all
From the age that is past—Harvard Commencement 1915
Photograph courtesy of Harvard University Archives
Commencement venues through the ages
President Lawrence S. Bacow at the 371st Commencement, May 26
President Bacow on humility, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on democracy and social media, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on civic engagement and threats to U.S. democracy
Absent a printed Harvard Gazette, the Commencement crowd devoured The Crimson.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Tidbits from a memorable, celebratory Harvard week
Urbanist William Julius Wilson and the ever-activist Gloria Steinem
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Harvard’s 2022 honorary-degree recipients
Law graduates wield their gavels
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Harvard’s 371st Commencement, and a celebration for the classes of 2020-2021
Tracy K. Smith
Photograph by Michael D. Spencer/ courtesy of Harvard Alumni Association
New event draws alumni back to campus, in-person and virtually.
Graduates of the Harvard Law School classes of 2020 and 2021 celebrate.
Photograph by Jim Harrsion
Harvard’s emotional celebration provides closure for the classes of 2020 and 2021—and honors those who served during the pandemic.
The view on the approach to Boston’s Logan Airport
Photograph by Meena Venkataramanan
A 2021 graduate returns to campus for a belated Commencement that feels more like a reunion.
Sherrilyn Ifill
Photograph by Tony Rinaldo
Radcliffe Medalist Sherrilyn Ifill on the challenges of racism and the potential for progress
Dr. Joia Mukherjee
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Medical School
Public health leader Joia Mukherjee addresses Harvard Medical and Dental Graduates at Class Day.