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
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
Juan Manuel Santos at Harvard
Former president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos addresses Harvard Kennedy School graduates
Roberta Kaplan speaks at Harvard Law School Class Day
Roberta Kaplan at Harvard Law Class Day
Cecile Richards at Harvard Chan School of Public Health
Former president of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards addresses Harvard’s public-health graduates.
Harvard's 2019 ROTC commissioning ceremony
The 2019 ROTC Joint Commissioning Ceremony
by Jean Martin
Harvard Honors Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Centennial Medalists
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honors five alumni whose contributions to society emerged from their study at Harvard.
Harvard Baccalaureate 2019
Baccalaureate advice from President Lawrence S. Bacow
Dan Chiasson and Eric Lander Speak at Phi Beta Kappa Exercises
Broad Institute president Eric Lander and poet Dan Chiasson, Ph.D. ’01, spoke at the 2019 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises.
