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
2022
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
Moveable Feast
Commencement venues through the ages
by Primus IV
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.
“People Were Making Bricks Out of Straw”
Radcliffe Medalist Sherrilyn Ifill on the challenges of racism and the potential for progress
“Wade in the Water”
Public health leader Joia Mukherjee addresses Harvard Medical and Dental Graduates at Class Day.
The “Toxicity of Low Expectations”
Radcliffe Class Day panelists on higher education's responsibility to boost economic mobility
