Commencement
Coverage of Harvard’s annual graduation ceremonies, including speeches, profiles, and traditions.
Harvard Commencement 2025
Harvard passes a test of its values, yet challenges loom.
Harvard 368th Commencement Powerful Women
At the 368th Commencement, sober talk about the times—and life lessons from a cohort of powerful women
Honorary degree recipients 2019
The honorands of 2019
Dolores Huerta receives the Radcliffe Medal
Radcliffe Medalist Dolores Huerta has spent her life helping people realize that they have power.
“Nothing Has to Stay the Way It Is”
German chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the class of 2019.
Harvard 368th Commencement Morning Exercises
Beyond the formalities, a message at the Morning Exercises of the University’s 368th Commencement
“Be the Voice of Health”
The pediatrician who exposed the Flint water crisis urges graduates to take action for public health.
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced
The newly elected Harvard Overseers and HAA directors of 2019
Harvard Commencement Honorands 2019
Germany’s chancellor, the University’s president emerita, an inequality expert, a museum leader, a prominent editor, and more
“Design Is Not an Intellectual Exercise”
Writer and photographer Teju Cole speaks at Class Day at the School of Design.
Truth, in Crisis
Al Gore ’69, LL.D. ’94, urged Harvard to divest from fossil fuels in his College Class Day speech.
by Jacob Sweet
