Senior at the Crossroads
2011 graduate Quincy Bock posed for a picture near a significant street sign.
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Commencement 2011
“If We Cannot Break Through, We Just Find a Way Around”
Radcliffe Medalist Ela Bhatt tells her story of empowering India’s poorest women through work.
5.27.11
“If Your Dreams Do Not Scare You, They Are Not Big Enough”
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addresses new graduates. With video of remarks by Sirleaf and President Drew Faust.
5.26.11
Video: An Operatic Honorary Degree
At Commencement, tenor and honorand Plácido Domingo surprises Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an opera fan, during the conferral of her degree.
5.26.11
Election Results
Harvard alumni choose new Overseers and HAA elected directors.
5.26.11
A Wheel of Fortune, a Three-Legged Chair, and a New View of the Charles River
The Morning Exercises, with video of the student speeches. Plus, seniors receive the best advice delivered by the late Peter Gomes over the years.
5.26.11
The 2011 Honorary Degree Recipients
Harvard recognizes nine leaders, including an African head of state, a women’s-rights pioneer, an esteemed chemist, and an opera tenor who played himself on The Simpsons.
5.26.11
Paul Farmer: “Accompaniment” as Policy
The Partners In Health co-founder addresses Harvard Kennedy School graduates.
5.25.11
“No Pressure or Anything, but We’re Counting on You”
TED curator Chris Anderson challenges Design School graduates to find “better ways to pattern our lives.”
5.25.11
Alec Baldwin: Legal Envy
The star of 30 Rock regrets his road not taken.
5.25.11
An Unheralded Honored Guest
Vice President Joseph R. Biden makes an appearance at Class Day.
5.25.11
“You Can’t Do It Alone”
Amid a stream of jokes, Amy Poehler delivers earnest advice to the class of 2011.
5.25.11
The Business of Fighting Cancer
At Harvard Business School class day, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation founder Kathy Giusti speaks of challenging the academic-research model.
5.25.11
“Harvard Soldier Scholars”
The 2011 ROTC commissioning ceremony
5.25.11
Meet the 2011 Centennial Medalists
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences award honors distinguished alumni whose contributions to society emerged from graduate study at Harvard.