TED Curator to Give GSD Address
Chris Anderson will speak at the Graduate School of Design on May 25.
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Articles by Department: Commencement
Walter Cronkite Issued a Challenge to the Class of 1980
“Pick up your cudgels and man (and woman) the barricades” against overpopulation, pollution, natural-resource depletion, and nuclear proliferation, he advised.
5.6.11
Marian Wright Edelman Spoke Up for Children
In her 1993 Class Day speech, she reminded the graduating seniors of those less fortunate.
5.6.11
John F. Kennedy Tried to Mediate
In 1956, the future president sought to persuade intellectuals and politicians to work better together.
5.6.11
Coretta Scott King Urged Students to “Speak Out with Righteous Indignation”
Two months after her husband’s murder, the civil-rights leader’s widow delivered the 1968 Class Day speech.
5.6.11
The Shah of Iran Proposed a Universal Welfare Legion
Unruffled by protesters, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi suggested a way to remove the “roots of the curses that afflict humanity” in his 1968 speech.
5.6.11
Colin Powell Discussed the Role of the Military
Despite some Harvardians’ opposition to his selection as chief speaker, the general was received with applause in 1993.
5.6.11
Kathy Giusti to Address HBS Graduating Class
The founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation will speak at Harvard Business School Class Day.
5.6.11
Phi Beta Kappa to Feature Joyce Carol Oates, Henri Cole
The author will speak, and the poet will read, on May 24.
5.6.11
The SIGnboard — Reunions Edition
View and submit listings of Shared Interest Group events.
5.4.11
Ela R. Bhatt to Receive Radcliffe Medal
The women’s rights activist and entrepreneur also served in the Indian Parliament.
4.28.11
Paul Farmer To Give Kennedy School Commencement Address
The University Professor and co-founder of Partners in Health will speak on May 25.
4.28.11
Alec Baldwin to Speak at Law School Class Day
The actor’s credits include the TV series 30 Rock and more than 40 films.
4.28.11
“God Created Harvard”
From a cappella music to tenure, the real story as told by Joshua Preven ’91
4.25.11
Unpack!
George Plimpton’s contrarian Class Day manifesto of 1977