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
Eric Lander and Dan Chiasson at Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises
The Broad Institute president and Wellesley poet will speak at the annual Commencement event.
by John S. Rosenberg
Al Gore Named 2019 Class Day Speaker
The climate-change advocate and former vice president will address graduating seniors on May 29.
Jason Luke
Harvard’s behind-the-scenes Commencement hero
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard Commencement 2019
Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Harvard University’s 368th Commencement Exercises
Guidelines for this year’s May gala
Dolores Huerta to Receive Radcliffe Medal
The labor rights organizer will be honored on May 31.
2018
Angela Merkel Named Harvard Commencement Speaker
The German chancellor will deliver the Commencement address on May 30, 2019.
by Jonathan Shaw
Picture-Perfect
A celebration of President Drew Faust, and wariness about the assault on “veritas”
by John S. Rosenberg
Honoris Causa
The 2018 honorands, from acclaimed artists to celebrated statesman
Humor, Too
Phoebe Lakin ’18 invokes J.K. Rowling.
