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
2021
Harvard Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists
For graduate studies that contributed to society
President Bacow and Kevin Young at Annual Alumni Meeting
Harvard holds its first virtual alumni association annual meeting—with a powerful guest speaker.
Radcliffe Day: Gender Equity, Melinda French Gates
A panel on achieving gender equity, and a conversation with Radcliffe Medalist Melinda French Gates
Valerie Montgomery Rice’s Medical and Dental Schools Class Day Address
The President and Dean of Morehouse School of Medicine delivered the Class Day address to graduates of the Harvard Medical and Dental Schools.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s Public Health Address
The World Health Organization Director-General delivered the Commencement address to graduates of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
Words to Live By
A sampler of wisdom shared at Harvard’s graduate and professional school Commencement ceremonies
Doug McMillon’s Business School address
The CEO of Walmart delivered the Class Day address to graduates of the Harvard Business School.
Harvard Guest Speaker Commencement 2021
Harvard graduation guest speaker says “it is never too late to do justice.”
Harvard Graduate English Speaker Commencement 2021
The graduate speaker tells “bearers great of privilege” to become “the breakers of powerful yokes….”
Harvard Undergraduate English Address Commencement 2021
An orator tells classmates, “It is our time to create a new normal.”
