University News
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker
The basketball player and writer will address Harvard seniors on May 28.
by Nina Pasquini
The Speeches 2022
President Bacow on humility, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on democracy and social media, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on civic engagement and threats to U.S. democracy
Conferring and Confirming
Harvard’s 371st Commencement, and a celebration for the classes of 2020-2021
by John S. Rosenberg
Honoris Causa
Harvard’s 2022 honorary-degree recipients
Harvard Alumni Day Debuts
New event draws alumni back to campus, in-person and virtually.
by Jacob Sweet , Nancy Walecki
A Multiverse of Might-Have-Beens
A 2021 graduate returns to campus for a belated Commencement that feels more like a reunion.
by Meena Venkataramanan
“People Were Making Bricks Out of Straw”
Radcliffe Medalist Sherrilyn Ifill on the challenges of racism and the potential for progress
by Lydialyle Gibson
"Wade in the Water"
Public health leader Joia Mukherjee addresses Harvard Medical and Dental Graduates at Class Day.
by Nancy Walecki
The “Toxicity of Low Expectations”
Radcliffe Class Day panelists on higher education's responsibility to boost economic mobility
by Nancy Walecki
Somethings Old, Somethings New
Familiar preliminaries, but with many post-pandemic wrinkles for Harvard’s 371st Commencement, in-person again
by John S. Rosenberg , Jacob Sweet
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Directors
Election results announced
by Nell Porter-Brown