Lawrence S. Bacow

The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial at sunset, with stone sculptures, commemorative plaques, and flags among bare trees.

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2025

Lawrence Bacow on the Auschwitz Memorial

President Lawrence S. Bacow reflects on the liberation of Auschwitz

The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial at sunset, with stone sculptures, commemorative plaques, and flags among bare trees.

Commentary |

“The World Right Now Cannot Afford Indifference”

Lawrence S. Bacow represents Harvard at the Auschwitz Liberation Observance.

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Baccalaureate Address 2023

President Bacow’s valedictory Baccalaureate address to the class 0f 2023.

President Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | May-June 2023

Farewell

Taking his leave, President Bacow concludes that truly, “At Harvard, wonders never cease.”  

President Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | March-April 2023

The View from Mass Hall

President Bacow on international students, immigrants, and refugees

President Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | January-February 2023

The View from Mass Hall

President Bacow on conversations with students

President Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | November-December 2022

The View from Mass Hall

President Bacow on critics constructive and otherwise

Portrait of Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | September-October 2022

The View from Mass Hall

The extraordinary promise of Harvard’s libraries

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President Bacow’s Baccalaureate Address

Portrait of Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | May-June 2022

The View from Mass Hall

President Bacow on maintaining University values while adopting the best lessons learned during the pandemic 

Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | January-February 2022

The View from Mass Hall

President Bacow on Harvard Divinity School

Photo of Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow

Letters | November-December 2021

Seeing Further

Harvard’s investment in quantum science