Alumni Cheer on Harvard

At Alumni Day, ringing endorsements of Harvard’s fight

by Max J. Krupnick

“The Foundation of Learning”

President Faust’s Commencement afternoon valedictory address on hope and higher education

by Drew Gilpin Faust

Hillary Clinton Receives Radcliffe Medal

The 2016 presidential candidate discusses her time at Wellesley, the crisis in American government, and the importance of raising empathetic children. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Cautious Optimism

A Radcliffe Day panel discusses America’s role in a rapidly changing world.

by Oset Babür

Lewis on Leadership; Faust’s Farewell

Congressman John Lewis spoke at Drew Faust's last afternoon exercises as Harvard president.

by Sophia Nguyen

Picture-Perfect

The 367th Commencement: the student speakers, the honorary-degree recipients, and the full spectacle of Harvard’s Morning Exercises

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard’s Honorary-Degree Recipients 2018

Four artists, an ocean biologist, a democratizing statesman, and a public-health leader (and favorite son)

by John S. Rosenberg

"You Can Go Elsewhere for a Job, but You Cannot Go Elsewhere for a Soul”

Senator Jeff Flake speaks at Harvard Law School’s Class Day.

by Nell Porter-Brown

“Above All Else, Do Not Lie”

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie addresses the class of 2018.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

“The Truth Shall Set You Free”

John Silvanus Wilson Jr.’s spirited message for the School of Education’s graduates—and for Harvard.

by Jonathan Shaw