Commencement


Maria Ressa to Address Harvard Graduates

Philippine journalist and Nobel Peace Prize honorand will speak at Commencement.

by John S. Rosenberg

In Defense of Academic Freedom

Natalie Diaz and Adam Falk at the Phi Beta Kappa Exercises

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Student Commencement Speakers

A classicist-become venture capitalist, an enzyme scientist, and a Native American who survived a shocking trauma

by Max J. Krupnick

Saluting the 2023 Centennial Medalists

Six alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.

by Jonathan Shaw

Larry Wilmore Named College Class Day Speaker

Writer, television producer, comedian, and actor challenges the racial and political status quo.

by Nancy Walecki

Larry Bacow’s Parting Push

Allston, higher-education outreach, and free speech make for a busy conclusion to the twenty-ninth president’s Mass Hall tenure.

by John S. Rosenberg

News in Brief

Commencement speakers, women's hockey investigation, visual-culture curator, and more

Commencement and Alumni Events 2023

Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations

Eating Around Cambridge

A selection of celebratory spots

by Nell Porter Brown

Commencement Celebrity: Tom Hanks to Address Graduates

The actor and filmmaker will be Harvard’s guest speaker on May 25.

by John S. Rosenberg

Global Health Pioneer Ophelia Dahl to Receive 2023 Radcliffe Medal

The human rights advocate co-founded Partners In Health in 1987.

by Lydialyle Gibson

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