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

2024

Heads of the Parade

And a precedent-setting eightieth Harvard reunion

by Nina Pasquini

Using the Law for Good

2024 Radcliffe Medalist Sonia Sotomayor on civic engagement and optimism

by Max J. Krupnick

Equality and Justice

A Radcliffe Day panel discusses pluralism and progress. 

by Nina Pasquini

Close Call

Ending a tumultuous year, Harvard tradition is served in the 373rd Commencement—with plenty of thunder from the stage.

by John S. Rosenberg , Max J. Krupnick

Protesters Walk Out of Harvard Commencement

Pro-Palestine activists hold “The People’s Commencement”

by Max J. Krupnick

Photographs from Commencement Week 2024

A gallery of photographs from the Commencement celebration for the class of 2024

Harvard Confers Six Honorary Degrees

Nobel laureate Maria Ressa, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, President emeritus Larry Bacow among those recognized

by John S. Rosenberg

“Be Unlikely Inseparables”

An unconventional Class Day to conclude a tumultuous senior year 

by Nina Pasquini

It’s “Not the Earth that Needs Fixing”

Karenna Gore ’95 addresses Graduate School of Design.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Never Alone

Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, addresses Harvard Law School.

by Max J. Krupnick