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.
The “Ring of Truth”
R. J. Tarrant’s last Commencement coaching the student speakers
Harvard ROTC 2018 commissioning ceremony
President Drew Faust and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter honor Harvard ROTC’s newly commissioned officers.
by Jean Martin
Baccalaureate 2018
In her last Baccalaureate address, President Drew Faust speaks to the class of 2018 about transformation.
Neil Shubin and Kevin Young speak at Harvard's 2018 Phi Beta Kappa exercises
Fish paleontologist Neil Shubin, Ph.D. ’87, and author Kevin Young ’92 spoke at the 2018 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn at Harvard, and the “circle of consequence”
Echoes of a Harvard Commencement speech 40 years on
How to Pretend You Went to Harvard
I would like to offer you what I think is even better than an actual Harvard degree: the ability to pass what I call the Harvard Voight-Kampff.
A century apart, two Harvard alumni find each other in the American South.
A century apart, two alumni find each other in the American South.
Stephen Hawking survives Commencement day at Harvard
A close call on Commencement day
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will speak at Harvard Class Day
The decorated author is best known for her novels and feminist writing.
FAS dean to step down and more
FAS dean to step down, John Lewis to speak at Commencement, Hillary Clinton at Radcliffe, and more
