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Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Commencement 2025
Harvard passes a test of its values, yet challenges loom.
Harvard Commencement talk by Lawrence Bacow, Teju Cole, Angela Merkel
Commencement remarks on character and conduct by President Lawrence S. Bacow, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Teju Cole, and more
Harvard President Bacow lighter Commencement talk
President Bacow’s lighter, and personal, side during Commencement week
Harvard Commencement moments: Lift every voice, Remy the cat
Short takes from Commencement, from a stirring “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and powerful reunion moments to Mme. Caller and a neglected feline would-be honorand
Harvard 368th Commencement Powerful Women
At the 368th Commencement, sober talk about the times—and life lessons from a cohort of powerful women
Dolores Huerta receives the Radcliffe Medal
Radcliffe Medalist Dolores Huerta has spent her life helping people realize that they have power.
Harvard 368th Commencement Morning Exercises
Beyond the formalities, a message at the Morning Exercises of the University’s 368th Commencement
“Be the Voice of Health”
The pediatrician who exposed the Flint water crisis urges graduates to take action for public health.
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced
The newly elected Harvard Overseers and HAA directors of 2019
Harvard Commencement Honorands 2019
Germany’s chancellor, the University’s president emerita, an inequality expert, a museum leader, a prominent editor, and more
“Design Is Not an Intellectual Exercise”
Writer and photographer Teju Cole speaks at Class Day at the School of Design.