Harvard History & Traditions


We Were Students Once...

Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer

by Primus VI

Yesterday’s News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

The Morning Exercises, Done Briskly

The student speeches, the awarding of degrees, the honorands—and an Aretha Franklin song

The Day’s Events: Wednesday, May 28

ROTC commissioning and numerous Class Day celebrations, including speeches by Sandberg, Power, Van Valkenburgh, and Kaling.

The Day’s Events: Tuesday, May 27

Phi Beta Kappa exercises; Baccalaureate address

Author’s Expos Query

For the period between 1979 and 1994

Yesterday’s News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine

Festival Rites: The Underside

On the uses of mortarboards, and a centenarian’s update

Mark I, Rebooted

At Harvard, Howard Aiken's computing machine hums briefly back to life.

Skull Walking

Anatomy on view, and the return of Pooh

Yesterday’s News

From the pages of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin and Harvard Magazine