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Bill Gates
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Alumni
The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.
4.27.18
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John Kasich
Photograph by Martha Stewart
At the Kennedy School, Ohio governor John Kasich encouraged graduates to live selfless, faith-driven lives.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie addresses the class of 2018.
John Silvanus Wilson
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
John Silvanus Wilson Jr.’s spirited message for the School of Education’s graduates—and for Harvard.
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Tomiko Brown-Nagin
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications
The legal historian will become dean on July 1.
David Shumway Jones
Photograph by John Soares/Harvard Medical School
Historian David Shumway Jones warns that the cost of precision medicine might lead to higher levels of inequality in healthcare.
Dean Stanley Shaw and Dr. Deborah Schrag
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Physicians bring data science to bear on patient health and wellness information.
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Bill Gates
Image courtesy of OnInnovation/Flickr
The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.
Illustration by Jason Ford
Interventions that mobilize family support networks have powerful effects.
Illustration by Wenting Li
The Undergraduate chooses a concentration.
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From left: Penny S. Pritzker and Carolyn A. “Biddy” Martin
Photograph on right courtesy of Amherst College
New Corporation members and Overseers’ leaders
Janet Pascal ’84 crafts the new final line for “Fair Harvard,” debuting this Commencement.
Annenberg Hall
Photograph by Bestbudbrian/Wikicommons
I would like to offer you what I think is even better than an actual Harvard degree: the ability to pass what I call the Harvard Voight-Kampff.
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Cyclists at the Harvest River Bridge, which opened last year on the newest section of the trail
Photograph by Jessica Mink
Cycling the Neponset River Greenway
Sleeper’s summer home sprawls across Eastern Point, with views of Gloucester Harbor.
Photograph by Eric Roth/Courtesy of Historic New England
A sprawling house museum celebrates decorative arts and the creative spirit of Henry Davis Sleeper.
Among the museum's “Ugly Truth” figures are Aunt Jemima and golliwogs.
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The National Black Doll Museum
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Commencement Day, 1978
Photograph copyright © 1978 by Christopher S. Johnson
Echoes of a Harvard Commencement speech 40 years on
A fellow Peace Corps volunteer took this snapshot of the author (at left) during a school visit in Africa.
Courtesy of Michael S. Knapp
A century apart, two alumni find each other in the American South.
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Wim Wenders speaking at Sanders Theatre on April 2
Photograph courtesy of the Mahindra Humanities Center
Wim Wenders delivers the final installment in the 2018 Norton Lectures on Cinema.
Photograph courtesy of Jack Lueders-Booth/Gallery Kayafas
For seven years, Jack Lueders-Booth (above, left) visited the Massachusetts Correctional Institution-Framingham to teach a photography workshop several days each month. Roaming the grounds, he took women prisoners’ portraits with Polaroid, Leica, and medium-format film cameras, documenting scenes from daily life.
The portraits in Jack Lueders-Booth’s 40-year-old series feel even more vivid today.
Claire Chase
Photograph by Stu Rosner
How flutist Claire Chase signals a key change for Harvard’s music department
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Cyclists at the Harvest River Bridge, which opened last year on the newest section of the trail
Photograph by Jessica Mink
Cycling the Neponset River Greenway
Harvard sprinter Gabby Thomas ’19
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
Late winter and early spring highlights
Seth Towns ’20, the Ivy League Player of the Year, scored a game-high 24 points in the Crimson’s 74-55 victory over Cornell in the Ivy tournament semifinals.
Photograph courtesy of Harvard Athletic Communications
The basketball teams fall short of the NCAAs.
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Dr. Abramson, Dr. Hawking, and the wand
Photograph courtesy of David H. Abramson
A close call on Commencement day
David Davidson
Photograph by Stu Rosner
A dining executive on Harvard’s changing food environment
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Sunset in Sampela, a village standing a few hundred yards from land in southwestern Indonesia. The nearest sizable island with an airstrip is a two-hour boat ride away.
Photograph by David HuIn Indonesia, the Bajau fishermen’s way of life is under pressure.
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American activists unfurl a banner in front of the Supreme Court.
James M. Thresher/Washington Post/Getty ImagesCapital Punishment’s Persistence
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From left: Penny S. Pritzker and Carolyn A. “Biddy” Martin
Photograph on right courtesy of Amherst College
New Corporation members and Overseers’ leaders
Janet Pascal ’84 crafts the new final line for “Fair Harvard,” debuting this Commencement.
Annenberg Hall
Photograph by Bestbudbrian/Wikicommons
I would like to offer you what I think is even better than an actual Harvard degree: the ability to pass what I call the Harvard Voight-Kampff.
A fellow Peace Corps volunteer took this snapshot of the author (at left) during a school visit in Africa.
Courtesy of Michael S. Knapp
A century apart, two alumni find each other in the American South.
Bill Gates
Image courtesy of OnInnovation/Flickr
The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.
Sleeper’s summer home sprawls across Eastern Point, with views of Gloucester Harbor.
Photograph by Eric Roth/Courtesy of Historic New England
A sprawling house museum celebrates decorative arts and the creative spirit of Henry Davis Sleeper.
The official 2018 slates