University News
“The Foundation of Learning”
President Faust’s Commencement afternoon valedictory address on hope and higher education
by Drew Gilpin Faust
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors
The annual election results
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