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
Harvard Confers Seven Honorary Degrees
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Gloria Steinem, William Julius Wilson among those recognized—plus a world food humanitarian engaged in Ukraine
by John S. Rosenberg
Maia Sandu at Kennedy School Class Day
A battler against corruption in a small, threatened nation
by Lydialyle Gibson
“A Choice Not to Deal with Original Sin”
Loretta Lynch at Law School Class Day
by Jonathan Shaw
Saluting the 2022 Centennial Medalists
Four alumni of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are honored.
by Jonathan Shaw
“To Serve Better Thy Country and Thy Kind”
Eight graduates commissioned into the armed services at ROTC ceremony
by Nancy Walecki
Michelle Wu Tells the Truth
The Boston mayor shares her story at the College’s Class Day 2022.
by Jacob Sweet
Graduate School of Design Class Day Speaker Danielle S. Allen
Designing solutions to the “Great Pulling Apart”
by Nell Porter-Brown
Words of Wisdom at an Outdoor Baccalaureate
President Bacow addressed seniors at an in-person Baccalaureate ceremony for the first time since 2019.
by Jonathan Shaw
Forrest Gander and Theda Skocpol at Phi Beta Kappa Exercises
Both poet and orator consider the “fundamental threats” facing graduates as Commencement begins.
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Student Commencement Speakers
Three 2022 graduates—and one from 2020—do the honors.
by Jacob Sweet