Articles: Commencement
David L. Evans, Leila T. Fawaz, and Joseph J. O’Donnell
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Commencement
For extraordinary service to the University
6.8.20
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Commencement 2020
Beds were set up for Spanish flu patients outside the Harvard-affiliated Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1918.
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Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
Martin Baron
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Details of the virtual degree-conferral ceremonies
David L. Evans, Leila T. Fawaz, and Joseph J. O’Donnell
Photographs from left: HPAC, George Ellmore, and HPAC
For extraordinary service to the University
Nelson Mandela, holding his honorary degree, and University Marshal Rick Hunt
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Campus and Commencement without people, social distance, Dr. Fauci, and a meaningful password
The author (right) sitting with blockmates Mike Shirek (left) and Ernie Omondi (center) as they watched virtual Commencement
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A return to campus, to take in virtual graduation with friends
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Artist Jenny Odell speaks at the Graduate School of Design Class Day ceremony.
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Entering an era when “public health is everywhere”
Bryan Stevenson
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At Harvard Law School, Bryan Stevenson on getting proximate to the powerless
Conan O'Brien
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Conan O'Brien ’85 speaks to the Class of 2020
It’s not Commencement during the social-distancing, coronavirus era. Tercentenary Theatre, minus 32,000 graduates-to-be and celebrants, Thursday morning, May 28, the scheduled date for the 369th Harvard Commencement.
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During the pandemic, a downsized, online degree-conferral—and stern words about the war on free expression and Veritas
