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
2016
Harvard Shared Interest Groups Commencement week events
Shared Interest Group gatherings
Harvard University’s Commencement week events
Harvard University’s Commencement week events
Actress Rashida Jones ’97 named 2016 Harvard College Class Day speaker
The actress will address the class of 2016 on May 25.
by Laura Levis
Harvard PBK literary exercises will feature Stephen Greenblatt and Robyn Schiff
Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa ceremony opens Commencement week on May 24.
Steven Spielberg named Harvard’s 2016 Commencement speaker
The filmmaker will address graduates on May 26.
by Laura Levis
Sarah Jessica Parker to speak at Harvard Law School Class Day
The actor and businesswoman will address students on Wednesday, May 25.
by Laura Levis
Fed Chair Janet Yellen to Receive Radcliffe Medal
The Radcliffe Institute will honor the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve.
2015
Harvard honoraries to Renee Fleming, Deval Patrick, Denis Mukwege and more
Harvard honoraries to Renee Fleming, Deval Patrick, Denis Mukwege, and more
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg awarded Radcliffe Medal
This year’s Radcliffe Medalist reflects on her Supreme Court career.
Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg, panel discusses Roberts Court
Radcliffe Day panel discusses “a decade of decisions and dissents.”
