Commencement
2019
New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced
The newly elected Harvard Overseers and HAA directors of 2019
Harvard’s Honorary-Degree Recipients 2019
Germany’s chancellor, the University’s president emerita, an inequality expert, a museum leader, a prominent editor, and more
by John S. Rosenberg
“Design Is Not an Intellectual Exercise”
Writer and photographer Teju Cole speaks at Class Day at the School of Design.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Truth, in Crisis
Al Gore ’69, LL.D. ’94, urged Harvard to divest from fossil fuels in his College Class Day speech.
by Jacob Sweet
“You Can Correct the Mistakes of My Generation”
Former president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos addresses Harvard Kennedy School graduates
by Nell Porter Brown
“If You Believe That It Is Possible to Break, Believe That It Is Possible to Repair”
Roberta Kaplan at Harvard Law Class Day
by Nina Pasquini
“The Path of Most Resistance”
Former president of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards addresses Harvard’s public-health graduates.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
“The Greatest Demonstration of Public Service”
The 2019 ROTC Joint Commissioning Ceremony
by Jean Martin
Saluting the 2019 Centennial Medalists
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences honors five alumni whose contributions to society emerged from their study at Harvard.
by Jonathan Shaw
“You Don’t Have to Stop Breathing to Stop Living Life”
Baccalaureate advice from President Lawrence S. Bacow
by Jonathan Shaw