A Preview of Commencement 2017

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Commencement 2017 is upon us. Be sure to check Harvard Magazine throughout the week for coverage of Commencement events across Harvard‘s schoolsincluding addresses from Mark Zuckerberg, Sally Yates, Sherry Turkle, and more. 

 

Tuesday, May 23 

11 a.m., Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises with social psychologist Sherry Turkle and poet Mark Doty

11 a.m., Black Commencement. 

2 p.m., President Drew Faust’s Baccalaureate address. 

5 p.m., Latinx Commencement. 

 


Joe Biden
Courtesy of the Biden Foundation

Wednesday, May 24 

11 a.m., ROTC comissioning ceremony with U.S. Air Force General John Hyten. 

2 p.m., Harvard College Class Day with former U.S. vice president Joe Biden

2 p.m., Harvard Kennedy School Commencement with former secretary of state John Kerry. 

2:30 p.m., Harvard Law School Class Day with former U.S. deputy attorney general Sally Yates. 

2:30 p.m., Harvard Business School Class Day with David Bradley, owner of Atlantic Media. 

3:30 p.m., Harvard Graduate School of Education Convocation with Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code. 

 


Mark Zuckerberg
Courtesy of Facebook

Thursday, May 25 

9:45 a.m., Commencement morning exercises. 

2 p.m., Harvard Chan School of Public Health diploma ceremony with Gina McCarthy, former Environmental Protection Agency administrator. 

2:15 p.m., Commencement afternoon exercises with President Drew Faust and Mark Zuckerberg

 


Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC

Friday, May 26 

10:30 a.m., Radcliffe Day panel on “(Un)truths and Their Consequences,” featuring Conant University Professor Danielle Allen, columnist E.J. Dionne ’73, National Review editor Jonah Goldberg, and journalist A’Lelia Bundles ’74. 

12:30 p.m., Radcliffe Day luncheon with David Brooks, conversation with Water Isaacson and Judy Woodruff, and presentation of Radcliffe Medals. 

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