Commencement
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker
The basketball player and writer will address Harvard seniors on May 28.
by Nina Pasquini
2023
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
Adam Falk and Natalie Diaz at Phi Beta Kappa
Guest speakers for Commencement 2023 Literary Exercises
by John S. Rosenberg
2022
Learners, Grizzled and Downy
An affecting reunion, and Houghton Library accessible to all
by Primus VI
Moveable Feast
Commencement venues through the ages
by Primus IV
Conferring and Confirming
Harvard’s 371st Commencement, and a celebration for the classes of 2020-2021
by John S. Rosenberg
Honoris Causa
Harvard’s 2022 honorary-degree recipients
Commencement Confetti
Tidbits from a memorable, celebratory Harvard week
The Speeches 2022
President Bacow on humility, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on democracy and social media, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on civic engagement and threats to U.S. democracy
