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“If We Cannot Break Through, We Just Find a Way Around”
Radcliffe Medalist Ela Bhatt tells her story of empowering India's poorest women through work.
Video: An Operatic Honorary Degree
At Commencement, tenor and honorand Plácido Domingo surprises Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an opera fan, during the conferral of her degree.
A Wheel of Fortune, a Three-Legged Chair, and a New View of the Charles River
The Morning Exercises, with video of the student speeches. Plus, seniors receive the best advice delivered by the late Peter Gomes over the years.
Paul Farmer: “Accompaniment” as Policy
The Partners In Health co-founder addresses Harvard Kennedy School graduates.
“No Pressure or Anything, but We’re Counting on You”
TED curator Chris Anderson challenges Design School graduates to find "better ways to pattern our lives."
Alec Baldwin: Legal Envy
The star of 30 Rock regrets his road not taken.
On “Inspiration” and an Ohio Swimming Hole
Orator Joyce Carol Oates and poet Henri Cole at the Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises
Throughways for Wildlife
A winning proposal to keep cars and critters apart
Get Out Your Photo Albums
Submit your images from Commencements past for a chance to win a set of Harvard glasses.
Video: Clues in the Blood
Video: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics.