Commencement

2019

They Said

Commencement remarks on character and conduct by President Lawrence S. Bacow, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Teju Cole, and more

The Personal President

President Bacow’s lighter, and personal, side during Commencement week

Commencement Confetti

Short takes from Commencement, from a stirring “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and powerful reunion moments to Mme. Caller and a neglected feline would-be honorand

The 2019 Harvard Medalists

For extraordinary service to the University

The Senior Alumni

Evelyn Richmond ’41 and Arsen Charles ’42 led the 2019 alumni parade.

Dolores Huerta on the Power to Change

Radcliffe Medalist Dolores Huerta has spent her life helping people realize that they have power. 

by Jacob Sweet , Lydialyle Gibson

“Nothing Has to Stay the Way It Is”

German chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the class of 2019.   

by Marina N. Bolotnikova , Lydialyle Gibson

"Listen to One Another": Harvard Commencement

Beyond the formalities, a message at the Morning Exercises of the University’s 368th Commencement

by John S. Rosenberg , Jacob Sweet

“Be the Voice of Health”

The pediatrician who exposed the Flint water crisis urges graduates to take action for public health.

by Nina Pasquini