Commencement
Coverage of Harvard’s annual graduation ceremonies, including speeches, profiles, and traditions.
Your Harvard 2026 Commencement Week Guide
College reunions and Alumni Day will take place the following week
2022
Tracy K. Smith to Speak at Harvard Alumni Day
An alumna and faculty member at a new Harvard tradition
Civil Rights Attorney Sherrilyn Ifill to Receive 2022 Radcliffe Medal
The educator and lawyer receives the Institute’s highest honor.
by Jacob Sweet
Jacinda Ardern to Speak at Harvard Commencement
New Zealand prime minister scheduled to address graduates on May 26.
Commencement and Alumni Annual Meeting Notice 2022
The official notices for Commencement 2022 and Harvard Alumni Day
Presiding during the Pandemic
President Bacow on pandemic and academic Harvard
2021
Celebrating the Classes of ’20 and ’21
The coronavirus short-circuited their Commencement. Harvard plans a do-over.
How will Harvard change post-coronavirus?
Opportunities in admissions, online degrees, research, and more
Virtual Graduation 2.0
Harvard’s second, more expansive online graduation, with honorands and more
The 2021 Honorands
An honorable tradition resumes, virtually.
The Year That Was
Class spirit (the shirt), recyclable regalia, Zoom primal scream
