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
2022
Harvard Alumni Day Debuts
New event draws alumni back to campus, in-person and virtually.
by Jacob Sweet , Nancy Walecki
“We Salute You, and We Thank You”
Harvard’s emotional celebration provides closure for the classes of 2020 and 2021—and honors those who served during the pandemic.
by John S. Rosenberg , Nancy Walecki , Lydialyle Gibson , Jacob Sweet
A Multiverse of Might-Have-Beens
A 2021 graduate returns to campus for a belated Commencement that feels more like a reunion.
by Meena Venkataramanan
“People Were Making Bricks Out of Straw”
Radcliffe Medalist Sherrilyn Ifill on the challenges of racism and the potential for progress
by Lydialyle Gibson
"Wade in the Water"
Public health leader Joia Mukherjee addresses Harvard Medical and Dental Graduates at Class Day.
by Nancy Walecki
The “Toxicity of Low Expectations”
Radcliffe Class Day panelists on higher education's responsibility to boost economic mobility
by Nancy Walecki
Somethings Old, Somethings New
Familiar preliminaries, but with many post-pandemic wrinkles for Harvard’s 371st Commencement, in-person again
by John S. Rosenberg , Jacob Sweet
Photographs from Commencement Week
A gallery of Jim Harrison’s images from the unique Commencement celebrations for the classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Directors
Election results announced
by Nell Porter-Brown
Harvard Confers Seven Honorary Degrees
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Gloria Steinem, William Julius Wilson among those recognized—plus a world food humanitarian engaged in Ukraine
by John S. Rosenberg
