Harvard History & Traditions
We Were Students Once...
Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer
by Primus VI
John Harvard Walks the Yard!
A Commencement cartoon by KAL
In Latin and Otherwise
The history of student Commencement speakers at Harvard
The Day’s Events: Tuesday, May 22
Phi Beta Kappa exercises; Baccalaureate address
“Villanelle” for a Choir
Seamus Heaney's 1986 Harvard poem, set to music
by Spencer Lee Lenfield
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard history
Jonathan L. Walton Named Memorial Church Minister
Harvard Divinity School professor succeeds the late Peter Gomes.
It’s Complicated
Harvard’s history of educating women
by Madeleine Schwartz
Focus on the Future
Faculty members predict what a Harvard education will look like in 2036.
Yesterday’s News
Headlines from Harvard history
Harvard at Fenway, 100 Years Later
Commemorating a special game on a special field