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

2014

Radcliffe Talks Voting

Panelists at the Radcliffe Institute discussed the history of voter suppression in the United States

The Day’s Events: Friday, May 30

Radcliffe Day panel and luncheon with keynote speaker Drew Faust.

Vivek Murthy on the “Vision and Values” of Medicine

The U.S. Surgeon General nominee speaks at the Harvard Medical School and School of Dental Medicine Class Day

“They Could Not Have Been More Wrong”: Bloomberg and Faust at Harvard Commencement

The president on what Harvard owes the future, and the former mayor on opposing the suppression of ideas and discourse

Alumni Gifts

A “great show of commitment to the community of Harvard and Radcliffe”

New Harvard Overseers and HAA Directors

Harvard Overseer and HAA director 2014 voting results

Harvard Medalists 2014

Alumni to be honored for extraordinary service to the University

The Morning Exercises, Done Briskly

The student speeches, the awarding of degrees, the honorands—and an Aretha Franklin song

Allende, Bloomberg, Bush, and Stiglitz: The Honorands

Harvard confers honorary degrees on five men and three women—and perhaps hopes for a stirring song from the “Queen of Soul.”

The Day’s Events: Thursday, May 29

Honorary degrees, undergraduate speeches, Bloomberg speaks, and more