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 Commencement exercises
Guidelines for the gala
News briefs: summer 2016
Chao Center, a Law School alumnus as vice-presidential nominee, sexual-assault lexicon, Gen Ed transition, and more
Harvard’s 365th Commencement
Harvard goes Hollywood for Commencement, with sunny scenery, but sober talk.
Harvard honorary-degree recipients of 2016
The honorands of 2016
Harvard Commencement speakers Spielberg, Faust, more
Commencement oratory from Steven Spielberg, Drew Faust, and others
Harvard Commencement humor
Speakers making funny at the 365th Commencement
Harvard 365th Commencement highlights
A multitalented student, political zingers, a retiring Commencement directors, final-club ribbing, and more
Harvard Medalists of 2016
For “extraordinary service to the University”
Harvard Commencement’s oldest attendees
The oldest graduates at Commencement
Fed chair Janet Yellen awarded Radcliffe Medal
Yellen reflected on her love for economics, her formative relationship with James Tobin, her adviser in graduate school, and her long career in the Federal Reserve system.
