Commencement
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker
The basketball player and writer will address Harvard seniors on May 28.
by Nina Pasquini
2019
The Senior Alumni
Evelyn Richmond ’41 and Arsen Charles ’42 led the 2019 alumni parade.
Dolores Huerta on the Power to Change
Radcliffe Medalist Dolores Huerta has spent her life helping people realize that they have power.
by Jacob Sweet , Lydialyle Gibson
“Nothing Has to Stay the Way It Is”
German chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the class of 2019.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova , Lydialyle Gibson
"Listen to One Another": Harvard Commencement
Beyond the formalities, a message at the Morning Exercises of the University’s 368th Commencement
by John S. Rosenberg , Jacob Sweet
“Be the Voice of Health”
The pediatrician who exposed the Flint water crisis urges graduates to take action for public health.
by Nina Pasquini
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced
The newly elected Harvard Overseers and HAA directors of 2019
Harvard’s Honorary-Degree Recipients 2019
Germany’s chancellor, the University’s president emerita, an inequality expert, a museum leader, a prominent editor, and more
by John S. Rosenberg
“Design Is Not an Intellectual Exercise”
Writer and photographer Teju Cole speaks at Class Day at the School of Design.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Truth, in Crisis
Al Gore ’69, LL.D. ’94, urged Harvard to divest from fossil fuels in his College Class Day speech.
by Jacob Sweet
“You Can Correct the Mistakes of My Generation”
Former president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos addresses Harvard Kennedy School graduates
by Nell Porter-Brown
