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
“If You Believe That It Is Possible to Break, Believe That It Is Possible to Repair”
Roberta Kaplan at Harvard Law Class Day
by Nina Pasquini
“The Path of Most Resistance”
Former president of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards addresses Harvard’s public-health graduates.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
“The Greatest Demonstration of Public Service”
The 2019 ROTC Joint Commissioning Ceremony
by Jean Martin
Saluting the 2019 Centennial Medalists
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honors five alumni whose contributions to society emerged from their study at Harvard.
by Jonathan Shaw
“You Don’t Have to Stop Breathing to Stop Living Life”
Baccalaureate advice from President Lawrence S. Bacow
by Jonathan Shaw
“The Duties of Imagination”
Broad Institute president Eric Lander and poet Dan Chiasson, Ph.D. ’01, spoke at the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises.
by John S. Rosenberg , Marina N. Bolotnikova
Relax, It’s Just 32,000 People
Preparing three student orators for their big day
by Jacob Sweet
Scenes from a Tempestuous Spring
Freshly developed photos from the upheavals of 1969
“The Instrument of Your Fate”
A Kennedy School reunioner and Vietnam veteran stresses the need to address moral injury.
by Joseph Brett
How to Become Harvard’s Commencement Speaker
It helps to be a high official of a powerful European nation—and to have resonant things to say about your American allies.
by John S. Rosenberg
