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

2020

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

Graduation, Socially Distanced

Details of the virtual degree-conferral ceremonies

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Medalists

For extraordinary service to the University

The Coronavirus Spring

Campus and Commencement without people, social distance, Dr. Fauci, and a meaningful password

by Primus VI

The Man in the Top Hat

A return to campus, to take in virtual graduation with friends

by Caroline Engelmayer

Orchestrating Attention: “The Most Substantive Work You Can Do”

Artist Jenny Odell speaks at the Graduate School of Design Class Day ceremony.

by Nell Porter-Brown

“To Heal and to Help”

Harvard medical- and dental-school graduates on the front lines of a worldwide crisis

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Disasters Sift out the Resilient”

At Harvard Business School’s virtual class day, a call for a new Marshall Plan

by Lydialyle Gibson

“The Work of the Public Health Leader Is the Work of the Herdsman”

Entering an era when “public health is everywhere”

by Matteo Wong

“Fear and Anger Are the Essential Ingredients of Injustice”

At Harvard Law School, Bryan Stevenson on getting proximate to the powerless

by Marina N. Bolotnikova